Manhyia Palace has announced plans to complete a new central museum storage facility before the end of the year, designed to house both newly acquired objects looted in various battles by the British and those already in its care.
The facility will include conservation and traditional music laboratories and will be the largest of its kind in the country.
It will stand alongside the new Arts and Culture Gallery in the palace, which is scheduled to open in the coming months.
According to the Director of the Manhyia Palace Museum, Ivor Agyeman-Duah, the strategy aims to ensure that ancestral objects are properly secured in their original homes.
“We have developed a strategy for a central storage facility to house both incoming objects and those already in our care, ensuring that these ancestral hand-maidens are properly secured in their original homes,” he said at the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Art Awards on May 13, 2026.
The project is being undertaken in collaboration with Justice & Repair.
“Aside from the Kotokohene’s personal interest and investment, goodness favoured our collaboration with Justice & Repair,” the statement added.
The new storage and conservation labs form part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the preservation and presentation of Asante heritage at Manhyia Palace.
Story by Hajara Fuseini
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