In Europe and America, the history of collecting poker is very long, and there was a record of collecting poker in15th century. There are many cards in the collection, whether private or public. There are quite a few museums that regard playing cards as a part of painting art collection. Yale University in the United States has more than 3,000 sets of playing cards, uncut prints and wooden prints of playing card printers. These collections were originally collected by the late Melbert and Mary Cary, who died in 1967 and were bequeathed to Lu Na University. There are two poker collectors associations in the United States, such as the Chicago Poker Collectors Association. Some members collect playing cards, while others collect only the tails of cards. Mr horsman of the United States has collected more than 3,000 kinds of poker from all over the world, and also published an encyclopedia of American poker.

1984, the United States established the Card Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio. This is a gift from American Poker Company to this city art museum. Collected10,000 complete decks and 70,000 incomplete decks. It is said that this is the largest poker collection in the world. In the Morgan Museum in new york, there are some oldest and most valuable playing cards.

The National Library in Paris, France has a collection of playing cards. There are two places to collect playing cards in Britain, one is the British Museum and the other is the Guild Hall. In addition, there are poker collections in Vienna, Nuremberg, Dresden, Munich and Budapest.