Mankon Museum Explained

The Mankon Museum
Established:	2006
Location:	Mankon-Bamenda, Cameroon

The Mankon Museum is an art and cultural museum located in Mankon-Bamenda, Cameroon.

The museum was inaugurated in 2006, and is situated at the entrance to the Mankon Palace.^[1]

Many of the historical objects in the collection came directly from the palace. These include some items that traditionally were not supposed to be seen by the general public, a situation that upset some members of the local community.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: The multiple lives of objects : museum, memory, and modernity in the Cameroon grassfields. Jones, Erica Perlmutter. 918204296.
2. Fubah. Mathias A.. 2016-01-02. Views about modern museums in the palaces of the western Grassfields, Cameroon. International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity. 11. 1. 84–102. 10.1080/18186874.2016.1212471. 1818-6874.