The British Museum has agreed to provide audio tour options for its Bayeux Tapestry exhibition after a blind patron pursued legal action, the BBC reported. Yusuf Ali Osman, a Croydon man with no sight, accused the museum of violating the Equality Act 2010 — Britain's central anti-discrimination law — by failing to offer audio tours of the show. The museum had reportedly told Osman that the exhibition prioritized self-guided visits over programmed tours because of restricted visitor capacity. To prevent light-exposure damage to the nearly 1,000-year-old embroidery, the museum must tightly limit the number of people allowed into the gallery at any one time, and officials had argued that this left little room for guided formats. "I want to be able to visit the Bayeux Tapestry and experience it for myself," Osman said in a statement shared with Hyperallergic. Beyond damages, he is seeking a declaration that the museum discriminated against him, along with policy amendments and disability awareness training for museum staff. Osman argues the requested measures would benefit far more disabled visitors than himself, and says the museum's response will be watched across the sector. The case highlights the tension between conservation requirements and accessibility obligations at major institutions. The Bayeux Tapestry has returned to England for the first time since its creation nearly a millennium ago, making the exhibition one of the British Museum's most significant in years — and a test of how museums accommodate disabled visitors within tight capacity limits. Campaigners say the outcome could set a precedent for how other flagship exhibitions handle similar accessibility requests.