Ghana's material cultural heritage
Museums and monuments in Ghana
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The monuments list is taken from the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, according to their description "legal custodian of Ghana's material cultural heritage (movable and immovable heritage)"[1] GMMB classifies the monuments:
The ID used on this page in reference to the Regions of Ghana are based on the ISO Regional ID standards.
A. Western Region
B. Central Region
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C. Greater Accra Region
| ID | Description | Region | Original function | Built | Location | Address | Comment | Coordinates | Image |
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| GH-AA-001 | National Museum | Greater Accra | Museum | 1957 | Barnes Road, Accra | 5°33′24″N 0°12′28″W |   Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AA-002 | Museum of Science & Technology | Greater Accra | Museum | 1963 | Barnes Road, Accra. | Ghana Museum of Science and Technology |  Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AA-003 | Ussher Fort | Greater Accra | Fort | 1649 | Ussher Town, Accra |  Upload Photo | |||
| GH-AA-004 | James Fort | Greater Accra | Fort | 1673 | John Evans Atta Mills High Street, Accra | James Fort Ghana |  Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AA-05 | Christiansborg Castle a.k.a. Osu Castle |
Greater Accra | Fort | 1659 | Osu, Accra | _2.jpg) Upload Photo | |||
| GH-AA-06 | Fort Augustaborg | Greater Accra | Fort | 1787 | Teshie |  Upload Photo | |||
| GH-AA-07 | Museum of Archaeology | Greater Accra | Museum | University of Ghana, Department of Archeology, Accra |  Upload Photo | ||||
| GH-EP-08 | Fort Vernon | Greater Accra | Fort | 1742 | Prampram | 5°43′29″N 0°07′00″E |  Upload Photo | ||
| GH-EP-09 | Holy Trinity Church Accra | Greater Accra | Church | 1894 | Accra High street |  Upload Photo | |||
| GH-EP-10 | Grave ruins of Seagent Adjetey | Accra | Grave | La | Located at the La cluster of school field |  Upload Photo Upload Photo |
E. Volta Region
| ID | Description | Region | Original function | Built | Location | Address | Comment | Coordinates | Image |
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| GH-TV-001 | Fort Prinzenstein | Volta | Fort | 1734 | Keta | 5°54′39″N 0°59′31″E |  Upload Photo | ||
| GH-TV-002 | Volta Regional Museum | Volta | Museum | 1973 | Ho |  Upload Photo |
F. Ashanti Region
| ID | Description | Region | Original function | Built | Location | Address | Comment | Coordinates | Image |
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| GH-AH-001 | Fort Kumasi | Ashanti | Fort | 1820 | Kumasi | .jpg) Upload Photo | |||
| GH-AH-002 | Kumasi Military Museum | Ashanti | Museum | Kumasi |  Upload Photo | ||||
| GH-AH-003 | Yaw Tano Shrine a.k.a. Tano Yaw Shrine |
Ashanti | Shrine | Ejisu-Besease | at Besease, about 20.8 km on the Kumasi-Accra road. | 5°33′26″N 1°11′45″W |  Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AH-004 | Akwasi Sima Shrine a.k.a. Kwasi Kuma Shrine |
Ashanti | Shrine | Adarkwa Jachie | about 16 km on the Kumasi-Ejisu road. | 6°43′25″N 1°30′41″W | Upload Photo Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AH-005 | Tano Abenamu Subunu Shrine | Ashanti | Shrine | Abirem (Alternative Spelling: Abirim) | Abirem is about 12.8 km from Kumasi on the Antoa Road, Coord of Antoa Road | 6°42′30″N 1°36′20″W |  Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AH-006 | Tano Kwadwo Shrine | Ashanti | Shrine | Saaman | Saaman is about 12.6 km north-east of Kumasi, on the former Odumakoma Tempong road that led toNorthern Ghana. | 6°46′15″N 1°32′33″W |  Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AH-007 | Atuo Kosua Shrine | Ashanti | Shrine | Adwinase (Alternative Spelling: Edwenase) | Off the Ejisu-Onwi road. | 6°41′19″N 1°26′05″W |  Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AH-008 | Kentinkrono Shrine | Ashanti | Shrine | Kentinkrono | At Kentinkrono, about 20.8km on the Kumasi-Ejisu road. | 6°41′36″N 1°33′10″W |  Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AH-009 | Tano Odomankoma Shrine | Ashanti | Shrine | Bogwiase (Alternative Spelling: Bodwease) | foot of the rocky Mampong scarp, about 10 km from Effiduase, in the Sekyere West District. | 6°55′04″N 1°20′16″W | Upload Photo Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AH-010 | Asawase Shrine a.k.a. Tano Banie Shrine |
Ashanti | Shrine | Asawase near Ejisu | to the south of Ejisu, about 10 km on the second-class road linking Ejisu and Apromase. | 6°41′10″N 1°29′19″W | Upload Photo Upload Photo | ||
| GH-AH-011 | Asenemaso Shrine | Ashanti | Shrine | Asenemaso | Kumasi-Sunyani road, at a distance of about 15 km from Kejetia. | 6°42′16″N 1°43′13″W | Upload Photo Upload Photo |
G. Northern Region
| ID | Description | Region | Original function | Built | Location | Address | Comment | Coordinates | Image |
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| GH-NP-001 | Larabanga Mosque | Northern Region | Mosque | 14th Century | Laribanga |  Upload Photo | |||
| GH-NP-002 | Bole Mosque | Northern Region | Mosque | Bole Mosque is in West Gonja District, in the Northern Region. | Upload Photo Upload Photo | ||||
| GH-NP-003 | Babatu's grave | Northern Region | Old Grave | Yendi | Babatu was a notorious slave raider from Niger. There are remains of his grave and some equipment he and his army used in capturing slaves on Grunsi land. | _in_Yendi(Northern_Ghana).jpg) Upload Photo | |||
| GH-NP-004 | The German cemetery | Northern Region | Cemetery | Yendi | German cemetery popularly called "German grave” contains graves of German and Dutch soldiers who died in their colonization efforts in a war with Dagombas. |  Upload Photo | |||
| GH-NP-005 | Naa Dataa Tua | Northern Region | Cemetery | Yendi | Na Dataa Tua is a site is a place where men who had affairs with the Ya-Na's wives were beheaded. At the site are a sacrificial stone and a baobab tree, at the base of which the victims were beheaded. | Upload Photo Upload Photo | |||
| GH-NP-006 | Tamale Central Mosque | Northern Region | Mosque | Tamale | The oldest mosque in the Capital of the northern region.
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| GH-NP-007 | Dakpema tomb | Northern Region | Cemetery | Tamale | The ancient cave where mortal remains of Dakpemas (kings of Tamale kingdom) are kept.
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| GH-NP-008 | Laribanga Mystery Stone | Northern Region | Mystic stone | Tamale | Larabanga Mystery Stone During the British times, in Ghana there was a road that was laid near the Larabanga Mosque, a stone was removed during the process to make way for the road. The next day, the stone was found again on the same place it was displaced from.
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H. Upper East
| ID | Description | Region | Original function | Built | Location | Address | Comment | Coordinates | Image |
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| GH-UE-001 | Upper East Regional Museum | Upper East | Museum | Bolgatanga |  Upload Photo | ||||
| GH-UE-002 | Old Navrongo Catholic Cathedral Building | Upper East | Church | 1920 | Navrongo |  Upload Photo | |||
| GH-UE-003 | Pikworo Slave camp | Upper East | Slave camp | 1704 | Paga |  Upload Photo |
hI. Upper West
| ID | Description | Region | Original function | Built | Location | Address | Comment | Coordinates | Image |
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| GH-UW-001 | Gwollu Defence Wall | Upper West | Monument | Gwollu | Gwollu is 70 km north of Wa, in the Upper West Region of Ghana | Upload Photo Upload Photo | |||
| GH-UW-003 | Wa Naa's Palace | Upper West | Palace | Wa | .jpg) Upload Photo | ||||
| GH-UW-003 | Wechiau Mosque | Upper West | Mosque | Wechiau | Upload Photo Upload Photo | ||||
| GH-UW-004 | Dondoli Mosque | Upper West | Mosque | Wa | This 19th Century mosque is in Wa, the capital of the Upper West Region. | Upload Photo Upload Photo |
Archeological Sites
The Museum of Archeology, University of Ghana is listed on the QMMB site.[3]