Umoona Opal Mine & Museum

💎 Fascinating Look into Opal Mining History This museum offers a well-curated glimpse into the rich opal mining heritage of the region. Modern, clean, and thoughtfully presented, it’s a great stop for anyone curious about Coober Pedy’s famous gemstone. Has tours, but need to book in advance. In addition to informative displays, there’s a selection of souvenirs and opal products available for purchase—perfect for taking a piece of the experience home with you.

This is a Must-visit attraction in Coober Pedy. Everything you need to know about Opals is here in this beautiful museum cum opal jewellery store. The entrance to the venue is free. There are guided tours with informative movies which operate 2-3 times daily and need booking. There's a huge amount of rich history of opal mining, works of traditional arts, paintings, depictions of cultural heritages and so on... exhibited everywhere you look, from showcases to all the walls of this underground museum. There's a jewellery shop located within, which sells varieties of opal jewelleries, paintings & souvenirs, etc. Incidentally, there's also a coffee machine located inside the jewellery store area, where you can grab a quick coffee/tea while looking around. But there ain't any toilets/wash rooms inside this venue. So when you arrive here, make sure you are not in a Rush! Thankfully, there are a few emergency exits though 🤣

Excellent museum and a must visit when in Coober Pedy. There's lots to see and interpretation to read as free entry. There's also a great mine tour and rooms of a traditional, and modern dug out. Our guide was very informative and it was fun to hear about how 80% of the population live in dugouts. We also did the Old Timers Mine tour and these complemented each other and were quite different. Very enjoyable. Our 4 kids loved it!

I dare say every person who comes to this quirky town will visit this museum, and so they should, it is a lovely experience. For the life of me I will never understand why they don’t charge for entry, no one would blink to do so nor complain after! There is a tour that you must go on. We had the delightful Zoe who described her childhood, school, work, home, partner and general life here. It was. privilege to hear the absolute inside knowledge into growing up and living in this town. An excellent way to spend 2-3 hours.

Such a great low cost tour with a bonus movie to start with, and no pressure to buy anything! The young lady, maybe from Germany was our guide and was so good, clear, knowledgeable and fun. Great job! There was so much to see along with the mine, the museum, show cases and dugouts, both pioneer and modern. Very good tour, recommended

This a great museum showcasing the opal history of Coober Pedy. This is well worth a visit.

A great and free museum with lots of history of the region and displays of their plesiosaurs and other prehistoric creatures that have been discovered around Coober Pedy.

What a great find! Or, more precisely, recommendation - thanks, Shady 😊. It's informative and free and showcases so much more than the usual opal mining. Of course, there are also opals on sale, and one can pay for an underground tour - neither of which I did. However, I also loved the well cared for Sturt's Desert Pea - South Australia 's floral emblem - which lines the path to the museum entrance 😀.