The Bayeux Tapestry attracted a bigger rush of spending than Hollywood blockbuster opening mornings or a typical Saturday night out, as the 1,000-year-old embroidery draws in younger culture enthusiasts, data shows.

Monzo’s customer data showed a surge in spending around the second tranche of public tickets to the British Museum being released.

Thousands joined a queue online to secure tickets when they went on sale at 10am last Wednesday, leading fans to draw comparisons to major ticketed events like Glastonbury Festival and the Oasis reunion tour.

The launch triggered payments to the museum of 48 times that of a normal Wednesday morning, according to Monzo’s spending data across its 16 million customers.

In the first hour, cardholders spent £14,100 on tickets to the exhibition – double the opening mornings for this year’s blockbuster films The Odyssey, at £7,000, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, at £6,300.

The section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the ‘arrow in the eye’ moment and the death of…