Exhibition of historical tarot decks in Italy (march 2026 - may 2026)

[Pio2001]

Just to let you know that an exhibition about the history of tarot will take place in Bergamo in Italy, from 02/27/2026 to 06/02/2026.

 

We can expect to see several cards from the Visconti-Sforza deck, and, hopefully some cards from other gilted decks from the XVth century.

 

Link : https://lacarrara.it/en/mostra/tarocchi-2026/

[Pio2001]

Teaser : 

 

In the automatic translation, the "deck with lions" means the "Colleoni deck", also known as the Visconti-Sforza deck.

 

I understand that it will be exhibited in full (74 cards).

[Tanga]

Oh WOOOOOO.  They look amazing!

 

And it's so lovely to hear the language this morning....

(my mother's mother tongue - but not mine 🙃).

[gregory]

WHY only till June - I don't think I can get over there before then

[Sar]

14 hours ago, gregory said:

WHY only till June - I don't think I can get over there before then

Me neither.

We could have made it a trip together.

[gregory]

HOW can I make this happen......

[Sar]

14 minutes ago, gregory said:

HOW can I make this happen......

We will make it work. Somehow

[snailrizzy]

Thank you for sharing this!

 

On 2/22/2026 at 9:53 AM, Tanga said:

Oh WOOOOOO.  They look amazing!

 

And it's so lovely to hear the language this morning....

(my mother's mother tongue - but not mine 🙃).

Maybe you can practice Italian by giving readings! 

 

Does anyone know if they will have a digital version of this exhibition? I know sometimes museums will put art on display on their websites, and I see on their website they have an online catalog. I am not sure if they will put this set of cards on there, though.

[gregory]

I have asked.....

[Pio2001]

I don't know if there will be a catalog of the exhibition, but most of the cards are published by the various museums from which they come

The Visconti-Sforza cards from the Morgan Library : https://www.themorgan.org/collection/tarot-cards 

The Visconti-Sforza cards from the Academia Carrara : https://lacarrara.it/en/explore-the-collection/ then search for "tarocchi" 

The Visconti di Modrone cards from the Beinecke library : https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/visconti-tarot 

The Charles VI cards from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France : https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/sru?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.2&startRecord=0&maximumRecords=50&page=1&query=(gallica all "jeucart tarot") sortby dc.date/sort.ascending 

Other decks from the BnF : https://gallica.bnf.fr/selections/fr/html/cartes-jouer-acces-par-type-de-jeu 

 

 

[Sar]

This is so exciting, it is actually happening!!