New Pearl Museum in RAK

Our ancestors told us stories about the precious pearl. There are two names for this pearl, Bint Almtar, attributed to the rain and the other name is Bint Alqamar attributed to the moon. Those interested in anything about the pearls and their trade can look in the New Pearl Museum in RAK. The capital of pearl trading was RAK or as what it was known in the past as Julfar. When the Japanese invented the cultured pearls in the early of 1930’s the pearling industry collapsed in the Gulf. But regardless of the negative impact on the pearl industry in the Gulf still women’s names were linked with the pearl types such as Hessa and Dana. The owner of that museum which is one of a kind in the region is RAK Pearls Holding, a company that has been farming cultured pearls since 2005, and it opened two months ago. This museum which is located exactly on RAK Corniche has everything to illustrate how the process of diving for pearls and the tools. The museum also contains some of the distinctive and most famous pearls such as RAK's 12mm pearl which also Known as Miracle of Arabia.