00:00I think the tapestry is an absolutely spectacular object, so we really wanted to have our visitors feel a sense
00:07of awe and wonder at being able to see it up close.
00:10I think we're used to seeing it in books, we're used to seeing snippets of it, but seeing the whole
00:15thing in one long line as it's shown here in the gallery,
00:19which is one of the few places in the UK that is large enough to show it at full length
00:22for the first time possibly ever in its modern history, so far as we know.
00:26It's a really spectacular sight and we really wanted to make people kind of feel that sense of wonder and
00:32so that's one of the reasons also why we have the viewpoint up over the tapestry,
00:35so your first sights of the tapestry is to look over the kind of parapet, so to speak, and see
00:41the whole thing laid out end to end across the entire gallery.
00:44So it really is a wonderful spine-tingling moment.
