A visit to Ashanti must include Kumasi. Kumasi is a lovely city that has many tourist attractions. Among the Tourist Attractions in Kumasi, visit the Kumasi Fort and Military Museum, Kumasi that houses objects of warfare and has a historical importance of its own. Kumasi Fort and Military Museum, Kumasi is located at the heart of Ashanti in Ghana.
The Kumasi Fort and Military Museum in Kumasi houses equipments used in the British-Asante war of the year1900 and during the Second World War. The fort and the museum throw light on Ghana's military history. Kumasi Fort and Military Museum is situated at a short walking distance from the Prempeh museum, Kumasi Cultural Center, Okomfo Anokye Sword, Kumasi Zoo and the sprawling Kumasi Central Market.
The Kumasi Fort and Military Museum is located in the Uaddara Barracks in Kumasi. The Museum was built in 1953 and its governing body is the Ministry of Defense. Inside the museum, tourists will get to see and explore various artifacts relating to the history of the Ghana Armed Forces. The Military Museum of Kumasi provides the facility of research to the students and historians who come from different parts of the world.
The Armed Forces Museum located in Kumasi is one of the very few military museums in Africa that remains crowded by people throughput the year. It collects, collates and exhibits artifacts relating to the history of the Ghana Armed Forces. Since its inception, the Military Museum has been an institution of learning relating to the evolution and development of the Gold Coast Regiment of the Colonial Era to the present Ghana Armed Forces.
There are 2 buildings: one the Kumasi Fort and the other Military Museum. The first building is known as the Kumasi Fort that was built in 1820 by the Asantehene Osei Tutu Kwamina, as a resemblance of the Cape Coast Forts, constructed by the European merchants. The Kumasi Fort is made by granite and brown soil that were brought from Cape Coast to Kumasi by head porters.
However, the fort was re-built; as the original fort was destroyed in 1874 by the British force. It was reconstructed 2 decades later, in the year 1897.
The Military Museum came into being, when after the Second World War, the British Colonial Government decided to find a place to store artifacts used or seized during the First and the Second World Wars.
The artifacts were kept at the Quartermaster Stores of the various Units of the Army and in 1952 to 53 the Armed Forces took custody of the Kumasi Fort and changed it to a Museum. It was then named the Museum of the Gold Coast Regiment.
The collections include weapons of war, colors, medals, armored cars, anti-aircraft guns and photographs. Today, you will also find Pinzgauer vehicles, aircrafts as well as naval guns inside this Kumasi Fort and Military Museum.
The Kumasi Fort and Military Museum remains open from 0800-1700 hours daily except on Sundays, Mondays and statutory Ghanaian holidays.
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