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The
Armed
Forces
Museum
is
a
military
history
museum
located
in
Kumasi,
Ghana.
It
was
established
in
1953.
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.
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