Museums in Ghana are administered by the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB). 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 (GOLD COAST No. 20 of 1957), 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

Name PhotoLocationYear 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

See also Lists of museums

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