British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center · Published: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:50:38 GMT

Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museumThe British Museum privately hosted the Donald Trump-supporting tech billionaire Peter Thiel in the exhibition space of the Bayeux tapestry earlier this month, the Guardian understands.The museum’s director of development, Charlotte Appleyard, hosted the PayPal founder at a VIP viewing of the tapestry, which is yet to open to the public, on 18 August. Continue reading...

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