List of museums in Ghana


Museums in Ghana are administered by the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board. The agency's history starts with the establishment of an Ethnographic Museum at Achimota College in 1929. The museum was transferred to the Department of Archaeology at the University of the Gold Coast, when the establishment was opened in 1948.
In order to preserve the country's past, the British set up an "Interim Council of the National Museum of the Gold Coast", focus on the creation of a national museum. Both the "Interim Council of the National Museum of the Gold Coast" and the Monuments and Relics Commission merged, leading to the passing of the Museum and Monuments Board Ordinance, resulting in the establishment of the GMMB.
There are approximately 28 museums located in the country. The following is a list of museums, including botanical collections and gardens, in Ghana.

List

NamePhotoLocationYear establishedCoordinates
Armed Forces MuseumKumasi1953
Bisa Aberwa MuseumSekondi-Takoradi2019
Cape Coast Castle MuseumCape Coast1974
Tetteh Quarshie cocoa farmMfuom1879
Elmina Castle MuseumElmina1997
Elmina Java MuseumElmina2003
Fort Apollonia Museum of Nzema Culture and HistoryBeyin2010
Natural History MuseumLegon
Ghana Herbarium, Department of Botany, University of GhanaLegon1948
Gramophone Records Museum and Research Centre of GhanaCape Coast1994
Hidden Connections, Wildlife Department, Kakum National Park
Kwame Nkrumah MausoleumAccra1992
Opoku Ware II MuseumKumasi
Manhyia Palace MuseumKumasi1925
Museum of Archeology, University of GhanaLegon1951
Institute of African Studies Teaching MuseumLegon
Museum of Science and TechnologyAccra1963
National Museum of GhanaAccra1957
New Juaben Palace MuseumJuaben
Nurom Hat MuseumKumasi1960
Prempeh II Jubilee MuseumKumasi1954
Upper East Regional MuseumBolgatanga1991
Ussher Fort MuseumAccra2007
Volta Regional MuseumHo1973
W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan African CultureAccra1985
Yaa Asantewaa MuseumEjisu2000
Centre for National CultureKumasi1956
Nkyinkyim MuseumNuhalenya-Ada2009