The Sultan's Armed Forces Museum is a military history museum, located in the 150 year-old Bait Al Falaj Fort, the headquarters for Sultan Said bin Sultan's Armed Forces on Al Mujamma Street, Muscat, Oman.
The museum has an extensive collection related to Oman's history of warfare and the military, with artifacts on weapon such as guns and cannons, uniforms, motor vehicles, strategies Uniforms, instruments, medals and even an ejector seat and a parachute on display.
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