Museum of Tarot - Bảo Tàng Tarot — Attraction in Cần Thơ

Note that the photo from Trip Advisor does not match the front of this museum. I tried to contact someone via the website months in advance and received no reply. Showed up on a Thursday at 1 PM and paid entry fee (after having to get attendant's attention who was busy texting / playing games on his phone), took off shoes and ascended stairs. Displays full of items but unmarked. Skipped the recorded commentary based on poor reviews. Wifii not working. Air was stuffy--ceiling fans were turned off for some reason. Not sure if the cafe was running--no evidence of food/drink service for visitors and none offered. Disappointed that the lithotherapy objects were removed from the collection. As a Viet Kieu who is an avid tarot person, I found myself a bit let down. Three stars for a cool collection of items that photographed well but it all felt a bit neglected and randomly displayed--bummed that they did not offer Vietnamese tarot...

The Museum of Tarot was awesome. It has very well currated items by Dr. Philippe NGO who really knows his stuff and gives an amazing guided tour. Everything is well laid out so that Dr. NGO can walk you through the history of the cards for both ludic/paidic purposes as well as the more mystical side. The tour focuses mainly on the history of the mystic, looking at it from all different cultural and religious view points. Finally, it extends beyond the tarot to a many more relics. Amazing tour in a beautifully restored building. Dr. NGO is knowledgeable and respectful of the history and culture. This museum is a must if you are in the city even for a short amount of time. Be sure to email a bit ahead of time to arrange...

No one was present for an actual tour in person so chose the audio guide(The owner lives in Hanoi) ..Do NOT go for the audio guide (195k vnd) tour...I wanted to go through the entire museum so went for that option...but robotic voice narration (the price is not justified) and it's missing links in so many places...there was a volunteer who spoke English when I came but left soon (just prompted me to move on to the next file when I pointed out the missing link)...then when I started finding multiple missing links for the audio files, the local guy asked me to wait for 2 hours in order to resolve the issue and gave no refund..Waste of...