Royal Automobile Museum (Amman)

Royal Automobile Museum (Amman)

 

Location: King Hussein Park

 

Description of Royal Automobile Museum in Amman

Collection of the Royal Automobile Museum in Amman was acquired by King Hussein of Jordan. An avid fan of cars, king spared no expanse to buy the best cars of his period. It keeps about 70 cars and about the same number of motorcycles. One of the exhibits include Lincoln Capri 1952 release, that King Hussein bought during his studies in England. Another famous car is Cord 810 1936 release, which was presented to the royal wedding in 1955. One of the most rare cars in the collection of Royal Automobile Museum is Mercedes- Benz, Model 300 SL "Gullwing" 1955 release. Young king used to race this car in the Jordan's Rumman Hill- Climb race.

Additionally Royal Automobile Museum has an extensive multimedia collection of archival photos and video footage.