Museum of Playing Cards (Turnhout, 19-9-2008)

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Turnhout is a small city in the north of Belgium very close to the Dutch border. It has been a centre for the production of playing cards for some ages now so obviously there is a museum about them too.

The museum is in an old playing card factory so they have loads of really cool machines including one that works on steam power. Very impressive stuff!
There's a lot of fun information about playing cards and their history but mind: it's all Dutch!

There is a room for special exhibits and the current one is about Tarock/Tarot. There are some very fine sets to be seen in this exhibit! And you get to learn about the history of Tarot cards which is quite interesting.
You can visit this exhibit un till 30-11-2008.

More info: http://www.turnhout.be/speelkaartmuseum/
There's a nice shop in the museum too where you can buy all kinds of sets of playing cards. You can get a special entrance fee which includes a set of cards and a visit to the museum!