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A late 18th-century fort that served as the ruler's palace and later a police station, with its wind towers and watchtowers kept.
The ruling family's old fort stands in the middle of the restored Heart of Sharjah, with a weapons gallery and displays on the town's history.
The square fort where Sheikh Khalifa was born, with a glass exhibition hall inside the courtyard and a 21,000-palm oasis behind it.
A 2017 fort built in the old style next to the historic Hosn Al Sirra, with an exhibition on Al Dhafra's customs and history.
An 1890s mud-brick fort with a room of Wilfred Thesiger's Empty Quarter photographs, set in a park you can picnic in.
The country's oldest museum reopened in October 2025 around the 1910 Sultan Fort, with Bronze Age gold from the Qattara tomb inside.
The watchtower inside goes back to the late 18th century, making it the oldest stone building in the city.