Museum of Pearl Diving

Originally built in 1937 to house the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs, this museum still bears the emblem of weighing scales above the great wooden entrance doors (not the Government Ave entrance). The rooms, which can be seen within an hour, contain displays of Bahrain's pearl-diving and seafaring heritage, exhibits of antique weapons, traditional games, medicine, costumes and musical instruments, as well as the various uses of the date palm.

Upstairs, the collection of photographs of state occasions and of numerous Arab and foreign dignitaries from Bahrain throughout the 20th century is interesting. Photography is prohibited.