Pearl Luggers
A pearling-themed museum in Chinatown displaying restored traditional pearling schooners. Former divers explain hard-hat diving and daily life in the pearling industry.
The museum displays two restored traditional pearling luggers and diving equipment. The guided tour covers the history of Japanese, Malay and Indigenous divers who risked deep dives to collect pearl shell, along with dangers such as decompression sickness and cyclones. After the tour you can taste pearl oyster meat and buy South Sea pearls. The tour lasts about 75 minutes. Check opening hours, as fewer sessions may run in the wet season.
Opening hours
Guided tours several times daily
Nearby sights
- Chinatown Broome
- Streeter's Jetty
- Sun Pictures
- Courthouse Markets
- Matso's Broome Brewery
- Broome Historical Museum
- Town Beach (Staircase to the Moon)
- Japanese Cemetery