Inaugurated at the beginning of September 2024, our new permanent exhibition “Histoire de jouer: la grande épopée du jeu” awaits you for a unique playful and educational experience. Don’t miss this opportunity to play and learn with family and friends!
Play is a vast and fascinating notion, encompassing physical games as well as mind games, children’s games and even theatrical games, hand games or word games. As the philosopher Jacques Henriot puts it: “To play is to decide in the uncertain”.
This uncertainty is at the heart of the game. Whether it’s the element of chance, player performance, opponent decisions, or the complexity of the game itself, it’s what makes gambling exciting and possible. The motivations for playing vary: entertainment, learning, earning money or even work. Each game brings its own unique experiences.
Play offers us a break from the daily grind, a time when we can explore various skills and abilities within a defined framework. As Schiller put it, play is a time when “Man is at his most complete”.