Museums and history in Africa

Museums and history in Cape Town

Cape Town Science Centre

Interactive science museum in Observatory with over 250 hands-on exhibits, workshops and science shows for all ages.

• All ages
• Indoor

Entry from ZAR 95

Museums and history in Durban

Museum of Illusions Durban

A mind-bending museum at Gateway Theatre of Shopping with over 80 interactive exhibits, including a Tilted Room, Clone…

• All ages
• Indoor

Museums and history in Accra

National Theatre of Ghana

Ghana's national performing arts venue, with indigenous theatre, traditional dance, drama and comedy, and a regular chi…

• All ages (check the show)
• Indoor

Museums and history in Accra

Centre for National Culture (Accra Arts Centre)

Accra's main craft market and cultural centre, where artisans carve stools, cast brass jewellery and make drums in real…

• All ages
• Outdoor

Museums and history in Accra

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

The final resting place of Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah, in central Accra, with a museum, mausoleum, monument…

• All ages
• Outdoor

Entry from GHS 25

Museums and history in Accra

Museum of Science and Technology

A science museum on Barnes Road in Accra, opened in 1965, with exhibits including a human heart and a piece of moon roc…

• All ages
• Indoor

Entry from GHS 20

Museums and history in Accra

National Museum of Ghana

Ghana's national museum on Barnes Road in central Accra, with archaeology, traditional arts, cultural heritage and a pl…

• All ages
• Indoor

Entry from GHS 20

Museums and history in Bolgatanga

Sirigu SWOPA

A women's pottery and arts cooperative about 30–36 km north of Bolgatanga, with traditional painted architecture, potte…

• All ages
• Outdoor

Museums and history in Damongo

Mognori Village

A riverside village near Mole National Park reached by canoe through the jungle, with a cultural tour of the community…

• All ages
• Outdoor

Museums and history in Larabanga

Larabanga Mosque

One of West Africa's oldest mosques, a 15th-century mud-and-stick building near the Mole National Park gate, with the M…

• All ages
• Outdoor

Museums and history in Kumasi

Prempeh II Jubilee Museum and Kumasi Cultural Centre

A museum of Asante history inside the Kumasi National Cultural Centre, alongside a craft village, souvenir shops, a res…

• All ages
• Both

Museums and history in Kumasi

Manhyia Palace Museum

The former palace of the Asantehene in Kumasi, now a museum of Ashanti royal history, with the golden stool story, roya…

• All ages
• Both

Entry from GHS 30