| The Armed Forces Museum | |
| Coordinates: | 6.6914°N -1.6249°W |
| Established: | 1953 |
| Location: | Kumasi, Ghana |
| Type: | Military history museum |
| Collections: | military equipment, artefacts and objects used in the later half of the Anglo-Ashanti Wars |
The Armed Forces Museum is a military history museum located in Kumasi, Ghana. It was established in 1953.[1]
During the Third Anglo-Ashanti War, the Aban Palace was destroyed and the rubble remains were utilized by the British to construct a fort at Kumasi in 1896. The fort was destroyed in armed rebellion against the British that year, but a replacement was erected in 1897. This survived as the Kumasi Fort or Armed Forces Museum.[2]
In March 1900, Yaa Asantewaa (along with other rebels) held 29 Britons captive in the fort for several weeks. They would eventually release the detained women and children, who would go ahead and alert colonial forces from what is now present-day Nigeria who would rescue the remaining captives.[3] 50 years later, from 1952 to 1953, the fort was taken over by Armed Forces and converted into a museum.[4]