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'''Accra Central Library'''<br>Osu Klottey<br>Accra, Ghana<br>Telephone: +233 57 138 8401<br>Email: [mailto:abrahamyebuah@gmail.com abrahamyebuah@gmail.com]<br> | '''Accra Central Library'''<br>Osu Klottey<br>Accra, Ghana<br>Telephone: +233 57 138 8401<br>Email: [mailto:abrahamyebuah@gmail.com abrahamyebuah@gmail.com]<br> | ||
Website: [http://www.library.gov.gh/ Ghana Library Authority]<br>Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/accracentrallibrary/ Accra Central Library - Ghana Library Authority] | Website: [http://www.library.gov.gh/ Ghana Library Authority]<br>Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/accracentrallibrary/ Accra Central Library - Ghana Library Authority] | ||
'''Ashanti Regional Library'''<br>Post Office Box 824<br>Kumasi, Ghana<br>Telephone: +233 32 202 2784<br>Email: [mailto:ashlibraryksi@yahoo.com ashlibraryksi@yahoo.com]<br> | '''Ashanti Regional Library'''<br>Post Office Box 824<br>Kumasi, Ghana<br>Telephone: +233 32 202 2784<br>Email: [mailto:ashlibraryksi@yahoo.com ashlibraryksi@yahoo.com]<br> | ||
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'''Ghana Institute of Journalism Library'''<br>32nd Gamel Abdul Nasser Rd. Osu<br>P.O. Box GP 667, Accra, Ghana<br>Telephone: +233 302 228336<br> | '''Ghana Institute of Journalism Library'''<br>32nd Gamel Abdul Nasser Rd. Osu<br>P.O. Box GP 667, Accra, Ghana<br>Telephone: +233 302 228336<br> | ||
Email: [mailto:info@gij.edu.gh info@gij.edu.gh]<br> | Email: [mailto:info@gij.edu.gh info@gij.edu.gh]<br> | ||
'''University of Cape Coast Library'''<br>Sam Jonah Library<br>Cape Coast, Ghana<br>Telephone: +233 0332 130952/3<br>Email: [mailto:library@ucc.edu.gh library@ucc.edu.gh]<br> | '''University of Cape Coast Library'''<br>Sam Jonah Library<br>Cape Coast, Ghana<br>Telephone: +233 0332 130952/3<br>Email: [mailto:library@ucc.edu.gh library@ucc.edu.gh]<br> | ||
Website: [https://erl.ucc.edu.gh/ University of Cape Coast Library]<br>Website #2: [https://www.facebook.com/UCCMainLibrary University of Cape Coast Library] | Website: [https://erl.ucc.edu.gh/ University of Cape Coast Library]<br>Website #2: [https://www.facebook.com/UCCMainLibrary University of Cape Coast Library] | ||
'''Upper East Regional Library'''<br>Bolgatanga<br>Upper East Region<br>Website: [http://www.ghananewsagency.org/social/upper-east-celebrates-library-and-information-week-65713 Upper East Regional Library] | '''Upper East Regional Library'''<br>Bolgatanga<br>Upper East Region<br>Website: [http://www.ghananewsagency.org/social/upper-east-celebrates-library-and-information-week-65713 Upper East Regional Library] | ||
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'''Western Regional Library'''<br>Adiembra Road<br>Sekondi-Takoradi<br>Telephone: +233 0312 046816<br> | '''Western Regional Library'''<br>Adiembra Road<br>Sekondi-Takoradi<br>Telephone: +233 0312 046816<br> | ||
== Museums == | == Museums == | ||
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Archives[edit | edit source]
Manhyia Archives (formally Manhyia Records Office)
Institute of African Studies
P.O. Box AS 477, Asawase-Kumasi
Ghana
Telephone: +233 0322 398511/51 33971
Email: manhyiaarchives@yahoo.com
Website: Manhyia Archives
- The mission of the Manhyia Archives is to provide efficient and reliable professional records and archives management services to promote democracy, human rights, justice, accountability, good governance, development, and the study of our history, culture, and national identity..
Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD)
P.O. Box 3056
Castle Road
Accra
Ghana
Email: praad@4u.com.gh
Website: Public Records and Archives Administration Department
Website #2: National Archives Ghana Search Room at PRAAD
- The PRAAD building at Cape Coast holds a large body of documentary material including printed material, manuscripts, maps, drawings, and photographic collections. These are held in a large room in the archive building ideally designed as a repository. However, irregular power supply, poor functioning, and unsatisfactory maintenance of air conditioners as well as humidity and dust control problems have led to a deterioration in the physical conditions of the collections.
Regional Archive at Cape Coast, Ghana
University of Cape Coast
Website: Regional Archive at Cape Coast, Ghana
- This pilot project targets endangered archival collections in the Central administrative region of Ghana and will be undertaken in collaboration with the Central regional directorate of Ghana’s national archives - the Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD).
Public Records and Archives Administration (PRAAD) in Tamale, Northern Ghana
- Preservation of endangered historical records in the Public Records and Archives Administration (PRAAD) in Tamale, Northern Ghana (EAP256)
- Digitized archival records from Preservation of endangered historical records in the Public Records and Archives Administration (PRAAD) in Tamale, Northern Ghana (EAP256)
- Located 400 miles north of the Atlantic coast in West Africa, Tamale was founded in early 1907 by the British as an administrative centre for the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast. British Direct Commissioners were stationed there, reporting to the governor in Accra on colonial and administrative matters. PRAAD's holdings in Tamale now include these reports, recording colonial disputes, administrative tasks, boundary discussions, court proceedings, land tenure and chieftancy affairs, as well as correspondence with the missionary church in the Northern Territories. The archives also contain historical manuscripts on diverse subjects including slavery and the history and culture of northern Ghana. The extent of the archives is quite large, containing over 30,000 boxes and approximately 2,100,000 individual records.
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Accra Central Library
Osu Klottey
Accra, Ghana
Telephone: +233 57 138 8401
Email: abrahamyebuah@gmail.com
Website: Ghana Library Authority
Facebook: Accra Central Library - Ghana Library Authority
Ashanti Regional Library
Post Office Box 824
Kumasi, Ghana
Telephone: +233 32 202 2784
Email: ashlibraryksi@yahoo.com
Balme Library
University of Ghana
W.E.B. Dubois Rd
Accra, Ghana
Telephone: +233 030 251 2407/024 938 1615
Email: eaoagyei@gmail.com
George Padmore Research Library
Gamel Abdul Nasser Ave
Accra, Ghana
Telephone: +233 026 348 5254/302 28402
Email: padmoreresearch@ghanalibraryboard.com
Ghana Free Community Library
C 91/3, Faanofa Road
C91/3 Kojo Thompson Rd
Accra, Ghana
Telephone: +233 302 22686
Email: gfcl2013@gmail.com
Website: Ghana Free Community Library
Ghana Institute of Journalism Library
32nd Gamel Abdul Nasser Rd. Osu
P.O. Box GP 667, Accra, Ghana
Telephone: +233 302 228336
Email: info@gij.edu.gh
University of Cape Coast Library
Sam Jonah Library
Cape Coast, Ghana
Telephone: +233 0332 130952/3
Email: library@ucc.edu.gh
Website: University of Cape Coast Library
Website #2: University of Cape Coast Library
Upper East Regional Library
Bolgatanga
Upper East Region
Website: Upper East Regional Library
Upper West Regional Library
Adult Education Road
Direct opposite Wa CIC
Upper West Region
Telephone: +233 20 7817620
Email: uwregionallibrary@gmail.com
Website: Upper West Regional Library
Wechiau Community Library
Pisie
Website: Wechiau Community Library
Website #2: Wechiau Community Library
Western Regional Library
Adiembra Road
Sekondi-Takoradi
Telephone: +233 0312 046816
Museums[edit | edit source]
Fort Apollonia Museum of Nzema Culture and History
Jomoro District (Western Region)
Beyin, Ghana
Telephone: +233 3321 32529
Website: Museum of Nzema Culture and History - Fort Apollonia
Website #2: Fort Apollonia Museum of Nzema Culture and History
- The objective of the Museum of Nzema Culture and History are to represent a cultural, historical, and symbolic reference for the identity of the local population and the preservation of its culture and language, in order to provide to future generations the means for empowerment of their culture.
Manhiya Palace Museum
P.O.Box KS 6951
Kumasi
Ashanti, Ghana
Telephone: +233 032 202 3680
Email: info@manhyiamuseum.org
Email #2: manhyia_museum@yahoo.co.uk
Website: Manhiya Palace Museum
Website #2: Manhiya Palace Museum
Website #3: Manhiya Palace Museum
- Visitors to the Museum will be able to view video-presentations explaining Asante history and the richness of its culture, as well as splendid examples of the goldwork for which the Asante are world famous.
Museum of Archaeology
University of Ghana
Accra, Ghana
Telephone: +233 34 229 2052
Website: Museum of Archaeology
Website #2: Museum of Archaeology
- The Museum of Archaeology is a teaching museum and one of the few museums located at public Universities in Ghana.
National Museum of Ghana
2 Barnes Rd
Accra, Ghana
Telephone: +233 30 222 1633
Email: gmmb-acc@africaonline.com.gh
Email #2: gmmb.acc@gmail.com
Website: National Museum of Ghana
Website #2: National Museum of Ghana
Website #3: National Museum of Ghana
- If you yearn for a more comprehensive outlook on the ancient and modern history of Ghana, then the National Museum in Accra is the place to go. The National Museum of Ghana was established in 1957 and is the ultimate repository of knowledge on the various cultural elements of the people of Ghana, including their languages, chieftaincy systems, foods, dressing, and handicraft. The museum is divided into three primary sections: Ethnography, Archaeology, and Arts.
Volta Regional Museum
43 Glalah Rd
P.O. Box 340
Ho, Ghana
Telephone: +233 0362026403 / 0362026403
Website: Volta Regional Museum
Website #2: Volta Regional Museum
Website #3: Volta Regional Museum
- The museum includes the Chair of State of the last colonial German governor of the Volta Region, local paintings, woodcraft and pottery, Volta Region Kentedesigns, masks, chiefs’ stools, swords, and displays on Asante fetish shrines.
For a list of museums in Ghana, go to List of museums in Ghana in Wikipedia.