Short Guide of Museum

This museum is the one of six tarot museum in the World but the only one in Asia. The main collection stays on three floors of the museum.

The collection starts with the 1^st floor  which presents to you the History Of The Playing Cards. The first playing-card are invented in China in the 11^th century, after that, they become popular in many Asian countries like Vietnam, Korea, Thailand ... and by the silk road, they go to India, Persia, Egypt before coming to Europe in a late 13^th century. Two oldest patterns of playing-card in Europe are the Italian Pattern and Spanish Pattern. After that, the Germanic Pattern appeared in the 16^th century and it develops to become French Pattern in the 17^th century, and, after many changes, lately the modern playing-cards in the 20^th century. You will discover many beautiful examples of these cards (and also the boxes, the outils and the documents related with the playing-cards) from 18^th to 20^th century from the case number 1 until 135.

Highlight: 🝔 Original Vietnamese To Tom, 19^th  century in Case 11 🝔 Original Indian Ganjifa, 19^th century in Case 22 🝔 Original Persian Ganjafa, 18^th century in Case 23 🝔 Original Italian-Suit Playing Cards, 18^th  century in Case 65 🝔 Original Germanic-Suit Playing Cards, 19^th century in Case 64 🝔 Complete original versions of French Spainish-Suit Aluette Cards, 19^th -20^th century in Case 28-29  🝔 Complete original versions of French Playing-Cards, 17^th -20^th century in Case 79

The collection continues with the History Of The Tarot Game from the beginning with Visconti-Sforza Tarot in the 15^th century, until the modern tarot today. It start from the Royal Tarot from Milan and Florence in the Renaissance period, and two brothers of tarot: the Minchiate and Mantegna Tarot from the 16^th century. The tarot game continues with the reversible Italian Tarot in the 17^th century, and the Tarot of Marseille. The section ends with the Nouveau Tarot in the 18^th century, and it development during 20^th century. You will discover many tarot belong with many postcards presented the image of tarot game from the 18^th to the 20^th century from the case number 135 until 169.

Highlight: 🝔 Original Minchiate Cards, 19^th century in Case 136 🝔 Complete original versions of Tarot Nouveau, 18^th-20^th century in Case 152 🝔 Complete original versions of Industrie und Glück, 18^th-20^th century in Case 151 🝔 Original Tiertarock and Cego, 18^th-19^th century in Case 148 🝔 Original Chinese Tarot, 19^th century in Case 154 🝔 Collection of edits and ordinances of the king about tarot (Recueil d’edits et ordonnances du roi), 1751, in Case 181 🝔 Arrests of the Toulouse Court of Parliament (1719), in Case 181.

The collection persist with the History Of The Tarot Divination from its father Etteilla in 18^th century. The collection holds one of the finest artifacts relative with Etteilla's work. You will see the complete collection of Etteilla tarot with their all versions in the history. It present to you also the Ancient Tarot of Marseille, one of the most influence patterns in tarot divination and their famous predecessors and postcessors. You will see also many taromancy books and documents of France, Italy, England, USA from the 18^th  until the 20^th century. These examples present three centuries of tarot development in the popular culture with many originals and reproductions from the case number 170 until 227.

Highlight: 🝔 Complet versions of Ancien Tarot de Marseille, 1930-20^th century in Case 178 🝔 Original Tarot d'Arnoult, 1748 in Case 176 🝔 Original Tarot de Conver, 1760 in Case 177 🝔 Complete original versions of Tarot Egyptien, 18^th-20^th century in Case 205 🝔 Complete original versions of Jeu de la Princess, 18^th-20^th century in Case 212 🝔 Complete original versions of Livre de Thot, 18^th-19^th century in Case 213 🝔 Complete original versions of Grand Jeu de Oracle des Dames, 18^th-20^th century in Case 209

The collection pass to the History Of The Tarot Occultist during the last 19^th century to the end of the 20^th century. These stories of tarot occultist begin with the most influenced magician Eliphas Levi in the 19^th century and end with the Eden Gray's Theory of the Fool's Journey. You will discover in this section many famous rare original tarot like the Waite's, Crowley's, Papus's, Wirth's, Muchery's tarot ... belonging to their original books from many different secret societies and orders in the world. You will discover also the rare tarot set of different influence from the Egyptian magic tradition to the hermetist magic tradition, until the dark magic tradition from the case number 228 until 329.

Highlight: 🝔 Complete original versions of three tarot book of Dr.Papus, 19^th century in Case 240 🝔 Complete two volume original of Eliphas levi's works, 19^th century in Case 252 🝔 Original Rider Waite Tarot and its book, 20^th century in Case 237 🝔 Original Thoth Tarot and its book, c.1969, century in Case 250 🝔 Original Wirth Tarot and its book, c.1927, in Case 241 🝔 Original Muchery Tarot and its book, c.1927, in Case 297 🝔 Original lithography printings with signature of Salvador Dali, c.1970, in Case 274 🝔 Original paintings by A.E.Waite with signature, c.1920-1930, in Case 352 🝔 Original painting of A.Crowley by Christopher Isherwood with signature, c.1930-1940, in Case 385 🝔 Original manuscrits of french tarot occultist, 19^th century in Case 386 🝔 Original draws of a unknown tarot from england, 19th century in Case 386

The collection keeps four big shelves to present the rare and limited edition of the Tarot And Occultist Books  from the 18^th until 21^th century. The 1^st one displays to you the collection of the Academy of Playing-Cards Game books (Academie des Jeux de Cartes); the 2^nd one displays to you the collection of the Dictionnaries and Encyclopedies of Tarot, the 3^rd one displays to you the collection of the Art of Cartomancy (Art de Tirer les Cartes), the 4^th one displays to you the collection of the Dictionnaries and Encyclopedies of Occult Science (Encyclopedia et Dictionnaire des Science Occulte). These collections present to you all history of the researches of tarot from 17^th century until 20^th century, from the case number 332 until 384.

Highlight: 🝔 Academy of Playing-Cards Game, 1777 in Case 362 🝔 Art de Tirer les Cartes, 1930-20^th century in Case 347 🝔 Dictionary of Occult Science,1860 in Case 379 🝔 Encyclopedia of Tarot, 1970, in Case 346

The collection passes in the History Of The Oracle from the beginning in the 16^th century until the 20^th century. The collection contains many historical oracle decks and documents with a large variety of influences from the well-known Runes until the Iching. The collection carries also a very complete collection of divination decks during 5 centuries of development of oracle from the case 206 until 224

Highlight: 🝔 Complete original versions of Petit Etteilla deck, 19^th-20^th century in Case 206 🝔 Complete original versions of Chiromancy deck, 19^th-20^th century in Case 200 🝔 Complete original versions of Sibylle des Salons, 19^th-20^th century in Case 222 🝔 Complete original versions of Petit Cartomancien, 19^th-20^th century in Case 209 🝔 Complete original versions of Le Jeu du Destin Antique, 19^th-20^th  century in Case 220 🝔 Complete original versions of Oracle des Dames, 19^th-20^th century in Case 223 🝔 Complete original versions of Livre du Destin, 19^th-20^th century in Case 224

The collection holds one of the finest objects relative with Mlle Lenormand's work: all versions of Grand Lenormand cards and Petit Lenormand cards, from France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia, England, USA from the late 19^th century until the 2nd world war. Many documents of Mlle Lenormand from the diary until the original carte of visit. You will love it from the case number 576 until 610.

Highlight: 🝔 Original photo of Mlle Lenormand, 19^th century in Case 603 🝔 Original newpapers about Mlle Lenormand in Acheen Congress, 1818, in Case 605 🝔 Original version of Veritable Cartomancie, 19^th century in Case 604 🝔 Original hand painted Petit Lenormand , 19^th century in Case 386 🝔 Complete original versions of Western Petit Lenormand deck, 19^th-20^th century in Case 587 🝔 Complete original versions of Eastern Petit Lenormand deck, 19^th-20^th century in Case 579 🝔 Complete original versions of Grand Lenormand deck, 19^th-20^th century in Case 597

The museum keep also a collection of the Tarot Printing Process Artifact like the woodcuts, metal printing plates, screen printing plate, uncut tarot sheets, photographic glasses... from asian artisanal making until european industrial process. You can enjoy them from the case number 350 until 375.

Highlight: 🝔 Original versions of tiniest tarot deck, 20^th century in Case 355   🝔 Original versions of tiniest lenormand deck, 20^th  century in Case 356 🝔 Original versions of tiniest oracle deck, 20^th century in Case 357  🝔 Original collection of woodcuts and printing plates, 18^th-19^th century in Case 371 🝔 Original collection of photographic glass plates, 19^th century in Case 373

The collection gives you also the artifact from the local Vietnamese Tarot & Oracle World. Many first editions of occultist tarot and oracle decks and many first time books will show to you the history of cartomancy in Vietnam from 17^th century until now. The museum present also many Vietnamese original artworks with signature from the case number 176 until 185.

Highlight: 🝔 Original versions of the first vietnamese oracle deck, 20^th century in Case 180 🝔 Original versions of the first vietnamese lenormand deck, 20^th  century in Case 180 🝔 Original versions of the first vietnamese tarot deck (full 78 cards), 20^th century in Case 179 🝔 Original versions of the first vietnamese tarot literature, 20^th century in Case 181 🝔 Original versions of the first vietnamese cartomancy book, 20^th century in Case 182.

The collection displays also the Tiny Cartomancy World with many tiny decks and mini cartomancial artifacts in the world. You will find out also, belonging to the historical collections, during the visit, many paintings and artworks of cartomancy and, of course, many decorative objects relative with cartomancy (tarot club pins, tarot competition medal, …).

Highlight : 🝔 Original artwork "Tarot on Stone", 20^th century in Case 365   🝔 Original artwork "Tarot on Rice", 20th century in Case 169