Croydon accessibility activist Yusuf Osman has won a battle with the British Museum to have audio description tours provided for blind people visiting the Bayeux Tapestry. The tapestry, which depicts the events leading to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and the Norman Conquest of Anglo-Saxon England, has not been on display in this country…
Private audio description in front of Bayeux tapestry at the British Museum, a blind visitor forced the institution to review its copy. Xavier Leherpeur looks back on a case that asks a broader question: are our museums really accessible to everyone?