Museum: Pictura (ENG) - Board game

Museum: Pictura

In Museum: Pictura you take on the role of a curator in the art museums of the Roaring ’20s. Acquire iconic paintings, build collections based on periods or themes, organize exhibitions, and respond to changing art trends to make your museum the most prestigious.

Key Features:

• Players & Play Time: 2-4 players, around 60 minutes per game.

• Age Range: 14+ years

• Theme & Artwork: A beautiful art-deco style set in the 1920’s; features about 180 famous artworks illustrated by Loïc Muzy & Ekaterina Varlamov.

• Mechanics: Set collection, temporary exhibitions, trend cards, hand & discard management, timing matters, player interaction via having to discard, watching what others collect.

• Collections & Exhibitions: Collections are built either by period (e.g. Renaissance → Impressionism) or by domain/theme (Historical, Landscape, Mythological etc.). Temporary exhibitions allow scoring of Collections with bonuses.

• Trend & Favor cards: Trends shift what type of paintings are in vogue, influencing extra points. Favor cards provide special one-off actions or advantages.

• Interaction & Strategy: Discarding has cost (since others can take from discard), timing for exhibitions is crucial, balancing immediate gain vs long-term plan.

• Endgame Scoring: Points from collections, exhibitions, trend fulfillment, bonuses for Grand Gallery or full museum, penalties for cards in discard pile.

Why Choose Museum: Pictura?

Museum: Pictura stands out for its gorgeous art, varied ways to score, and meaningful decisions in each phase of the game. Whether you lean toward chasing trends, building large collections, or timing your exhibitions just right, there’s multiple viable strategies. It’s accessible enough for newer players but rich enough that the strategic depth keeps experienced players engaged. If you enjoy games where theme matters, and where visual presentation, tension between short-term vs long-term, and interaction all play a role, this is definitely a game to consider.