Medieval masterpieces are going on display at Norwich Castle Museum to celebrate the tapestry's return to England for the blockbuster British Museum exhibition and the forthcoming European Year of the Normans in 2027.

A person views the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum in London (Image: Jonathan Brady / Press Association)

As part of a nationwide programme of events called Bayeux Around Britain, the castle museum will, from Wednesday (October 14) – the anniversary of the 1066 Battle of Hastings – display 21 rare and extraordinary Norman objects.

Norwich Castle (Image: Denise Bradley)

In association with the British Museum, the museum has been lent the items from the Wyvern Collection, one of the world's most important collections of medieval and Renaissance art.

The Gallery of Medieval Life at Norwich Castle (Image: Denise Bradley)

The display, supported by the Norwich Freemen’s Charity, in the castle's Gallery of Medieval Life, includes exhibits from late 10th to the early 13th centuries, many connected to items and designs depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry.

A candlestick in the form of a kneeling man,........

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