Yaa Asantewaa Museum

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Established2000
LocationNear to Regional Road 104, Ejisu, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Coordinates6°42′49″N 1°28′01″W / 6.7136°N 1.4670°W / 6.7136; -1.4670
The Yaa Asantewaa Museum
Museum facade alongside the statue of Asantewaa in 2016.
Established2000
LocationNear to Regional Road 104, Ejisu, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Coordinates6°42′49″N 1°28′01″W / 6.7136°N 1.4670°W / 6.7136; -1.4670

The Yaa Asantewaa Museum is a museum in Ejisu Municipal District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It was built to honor legendary Ashanti leader Yaa Asantewaa, who was the queen mother of Ejisu.[1]

The museum was established in 2000, to mark the centenary of the Yaa Asantewaa War. It aimed to recreate a typical Asante royal residence from ca. 1900. Located at her grave side in Besease, the hometown of Yaa Asantewaa, it gives off the modern feel of the days of the old through the memories of war.[2][3]

In 2004, the museum was gutted by a fire. Most of its relics that were inside were destroyed, and only a few clay pots remained. As a result of the fire and closure of the museum, tourism within the area significantly decreased.[4][5]

Rebuilding

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