Name: Armed Forces Museum
Address: Stewart Ave, Kumasi, Ghana, GH
Telephone: +233 32 202 3103

Armed Forces Museum is a museum, located at Stewart Ave, Kumasi, Ghana. They can be contacted via phone at +233 32 202 3103 for more detailed information.

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Stewart Ave, Kumasi

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Added by Jopie, at 04 September 2016

Monday Closed
Tuesday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday Closed

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Odunayo Ajayi

29 May 2018

The instructor knws a lot about ghana armed force
Alice Mensah

02 May 2018

A well preserved place with lots of history. A great place for learning our history.
Ozias Asante Bonsu

25 April 2018

The Kumasi Fort and Military Museum is one of few military museums in Africa. It is located in the Uaddara Barracks in Kumasi, the capital city of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The Prempeh Museum, Kumasi Cultural Centre, Kumasi Zoo and Kumasi Central market are all within walking distance of the fort.

The Kumasi Fort was built in 1820 by the Asantehene (the King of the Asante Kingdom), Osei Tutu Kwamina, to resemble the coastal forts which were built by European merchants. Kumasi Fort had to be rebuilt in 1897, after it was destroyed by British forces in 1874. The fort was built from granite and brown soil that was brought from Cape Coast to Kumasi by porters.

In March 1900, during the Asante Rebellion, the fort was encircled, and 29 Britons were trapped inside for several weeks. The leader of this rebellion was the Queen Mother of Ejisu, Ohemaa Yaa Asantewaa. After a brief period of imprisonment in the fort, she was forced into exile in the Seychelles, where she died.

From 1952 to 1953, after the Second World War, the Armed Forces of the British Colonial Government took over the fort and converted it into a museum.

Exhibits include: military equipment, artefacts and other objects used in the British-Asante war of 1990 and during the Second World War. The collection includes weapons of war, colours, medals, armoured cars, anti-aircraft guns, photographs and portraits. This serves as a valuable historical institution for tracing the evolution and development of the Gold Coast Regiment of the colonial era, to the present-day Ghana Armed Forces.

There is a British Military Cemetery just about 200m northwest of the Kumasi Fort and Military Museum, which contains graves of British casualties of the Yaa Asantewaa War.

The Kumasi Fort and Military Museum is open daily from 8:00am to 5:00pm, except on Sundays and public holidays.

A guided tour of the fort costs GH¢ 5.00.
Titi Dokubo

20 April 2018

Our guide was very passionate and was able to weave the stories as we went from room to room
Blaqray Frimpong

25 February 2018

Historical place open to the civilians to help them know the customs and traditions of the military of Ghana both past and present including how they managed to win the world II when they fought among Britain and its allies. But note that they charge a fee to enter.
Dave Roberts

24 February 2018

A fascinating old British fort vo6nvrted into museum, illustrating the development of armed forces in Ghana and also national identity. The guide that comes with the tour is very good. A must see in Kumasi
Paa Kojo

11 February 2018

Nice place to know the Gold Coast history. Nice tour guide with the name Olivia Migah. She was awesome
Ama Irene

24 January 2018

My kids enjoyed watching the horses go by and the staff in uniform
James Stoics

16 January 2018

it's an awesome place to be , where you got to see wonderful stuffs about Ghana military
Rita Awuah

30 November 2017

A great place to know about the history of the Armed forces in Ghana. The place is well kept. Very impressive
Sammo Sheriff

08 November 2017

One of the places to be if you want to know about the Ashanti history. You can visit here anytime you come to Kumasi
Andrews Ahiagah

29 October 2017

The museum is so cool. Everything there is neatly arranged n clean
Osei Ababio Joseph

23 September 2017

The female guide is not really good at communication, especially in English but the place is a nice site to see in case you have an interest in ancient armaments
Nathan Kwabena Fletcher

12 July 2017

There's a lot of history here about the military growth of the nation from pre colonial times to date. This then ties in to how far Ghana and its tribes have come.
AMA Ofosuhemaa Addo- Opoku

23 June 2017

very ancient like, nice place to visit to know about the military back then.
Isaac Immanuel Opuni Frimpong

22 May 2017

It's a museum inside a historic landmark, for a two-for-one bonanza. This place was originally a fort built by the Asantehene to rival those built by the British in Cape Coast. It was eventually razed down (by the British, naturally) in the course of war, and rebuilt years later. It is famous for being the site of the siege by Asante warriors to free the great Queenmother Yaa Asantewaa. Get the full story when you visit the museum. There is also a fascinating story about Perry Martin gun, that the guides like to tell. Entry fee is affordable, though it's a bit higher for foreigners than locals. There's a treasure trove of history waiting to be discovered in there, and it is well worth the visit.
Dee Dee

10 May 2017

A very knowledgeable tour guide brought this visit to the top place of my visit. It is filled with memorabilia and lots of pictures as well as as replicas. The exhibit that was most touching was the UN Room which had exhibits of crude weapons used during Rwanda genocide. Worthwhile seeing to learn about Ghana's role in the world wars as well as part of its peacekeeping missions.
Noah Alorwu

28 November 2016

Very nice place to learn historical stuffs about Kumasi
Willbeck Consult

24 October 2016

This museum houses military ware and artifacts used during the 1st and 2nd world wars. Right in the heart of Kumasi
Williams Opoku

04 October 2016

This Museum showcases old military artillery used to fight world war 2 by the Ghanaian Armed Forces during the colonial days.
Located right in the heart of Kumasi, Adum
Felix Nartey

22 September 2016

Great place to learn done historic occurrences. Has some collections of armoury and tanks. It was nice seeing things I don't get chance to sight on a normal day. Good place to visit when in Kumasi.
Kwabena Dankwa

11 September 2016

A historic museum in the Garden city worthy to visit.