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Sultan opens classic car club
His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, yesterday opened a classic car club and botanical museum located at the Sharjah-Al Dhaid Road.
- By Fatima Salem, Staff Reporter
- Published: 11:16 March 6, 2008
Sharjah: His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, yesterday opened a classic car club and botanical museum located at the Sharjah-Al Dhaid Road.
This brings the number of museums in Sharjah up to 20. The classic car club features 120 cars owned by Shaikh Sultan. The cars manufactured between 1917 and 1960 are US and European made.
Membership
"The club will create plenty of activities for car enthusiasts, within a short period of time we will witness rallies as well as a rent-a-car system. Sharjah Police have given special plate numbers to the classic cars. The membership of the club will soon be available to UAE national and expatriates as well," Ahmad Mohammad Al Jarwan, director of the classic cars club said.
Sharjah Botanical Museum features rare plant species and will lend academic knowledge to plant lovers and students of botany.
"We have been receiving quite a lot of enquiries about the museum so far. Based on the feedback we have made arrangements on the type of visits to the museum," said a senior museum official.
The botanical museum, on the same site as the Natural History Museum, is divided into five main halls, each one of which provides the visitor the opportunity to discover the history of plants.
The medical uses of plants, the use of plants throughout history and growing and conservation are all explored.
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