Ghana's material cultural heritage

The monuments list is taken from the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, according to their description "legal custodian of Ghana’s material cultural heritage (movable and immovable heritage)" GMMB classifies the monuments:

The ID used on this page in reference to the Regions of Ghana are based on the ISO Regional ID standards.

A. Western Region

ID	Description	Region	Original function	Built	Location	Address	Comment	Coordinates	Image
GH-WP-001	Fort Apollonia	Western	Fort	1765 and 1771	Beyin
GH-WP-002	Fort Saint Anthony	Western	Fort	1515; expanded in 1642 and 1872 by Dutch	Axim
GH-WP-003	Fort Groß Friedrichsburg	Western	Fort	1683	Princestown		article only in german
GH-WP-004	Fort Dorothea	Western	Fort	1684–1687; 1698–1711; April 1712–1717	Akwida
GH-WP-005	Fort Metal Cross	Western	Fort	1683	Dixcove
GH-WP-006	Fort Batenstein	Western	Fort	Between 1595 and 1600	Butre
GH-WP-007	Fort Orange	Western	Fort	1690	Sekondi
GH-WP-008	Fort St. Sebastian	Western	Fort	1590	Shama

B. Central Region

ID	Description	Region	Original function	Built	Location	Address	Comment	Coordinates	Image
GH-CP-001	The Fort	Central	Fort	1957	British Komenda
GH-CP-002	Fort Vredenburg	Central	Fort		Dutch Komenda
GH-CP-003	Castle of St. George’s	Central	Castle	1482	Elmina		Also known as Elmina Castle
GH-CP-004	Fort St. Jago	Central	Fort	1555 and 1558	Elmina
GH-CP-005	Fort Goede Hoop a.k.a. Fort Good Hope	Central	Fort	1705	Senya Beraku
CE-GH-CP-006	Fort Lijdzaamheid a.k.a. Patience, Leydsaemheyt	Central	Fort	1697	Apam
GH-CP-007	Fort Amsterdam (Ghana)	Central	Fort	1631, fort rebuilt by the English in 1645	Abandzi
GH-CP-008	The Little Fort	Central	Fort		Anomabu
GH-CP-009	Fort William (Ghana) a.k.a. Anomabu Castle	Central	Fort	1640	Anomabu
GH-CP-010	Fort Nassau	Central	Fort	1612	Moree
GH-CP-011	Fort Fredericksburg	Central	Fort		Amanful
GH-CP-012	Cape Coast Castle	Central	Castle	1653	Cape Coast
GH-CP-013	Fort McCarthy	Central	Castle	1822	Cape Coast
GH-CP-014	Fort Victoria	Central	Fort	1712	Cape Coast
GH-CP-015	Fort William	Central	Fort	1753	Cape Coast
GH-CP-016	Fort Royal	Central	Fort		Cape Coast

C. Greater Accra Region

ID	Description	Region	Original function	Built	Location	Address	Comment	Coordinates	Image
GH-AA-001	National Museum	Greater Accra	Museum	1957	Barnes Road, Accra
GH-AA-002	Museum of Science & Technology	Greater Accra	Museum	1963			Main Entrance of Science and Technology Museum.jpg
GH-AA-003	Cape Coast Castle Museum	Central Region	Museum		Cape Coast		Museum is located within the castle. Photography not allowed there
GH-AA-004	Elmina Castle Museum	Central Region	Museum		Elmina
GH-AA-005	Museum of Nzema Culture & History	Greater Accra	Museum		Nzema
GH-AA-006	Ussher Fort	Greater Accra	Fort	1649	Ussher Town, Accra
GH-AA-007	Ussher Fort Museum	Greater Accra	Museum		Ussher Town, Accra
GH-AA-008	James Fort	Greater Accra	Fort	1673	Jamestown, Accra
GH-AA-010	Christiansborg Castle a.k.a. Osu Castle	Greater Accra	Fort	1659	Osu, Accra
GH-AA-011	Fort Augustaborg	Greater Accra	Fort	1787	Teshie
GH-AA-012	Museum of Archaeology	Greater Accra	Museum		University of Ghana, Department of Archeology, Accra

D. Eastern Region

ID	Description	Region	Original function	Built	Location	Address	Comment	Coordinates	Image
GH-EP-001	Fort Vernon	Eastern	Fort	1742	Prampram
GH-EP-002	Fort Fredensborg	Eastern	Fort	1736 - 42	Old Ningo

E. Volta Region

ID	Description	Region	Original function	Built	Location	Address	Comment	Coordinates	Image
GH-TV-001	Fort Prinzenstein	Volta	Fort	1734	Keta
GH-TV-002	Volta Regional Museum	Volta	Museum	1973	Ho

F. Ashanti Region

ID	Description	Region	Original function	Built	Location	Address	Comment	Coordinates	Image
GH-AH-001	Fort Kumasi	Ashanti	Fort	1820	Kumasi
GH-AH-002	Kumasi Military Museum	Ashanti	Museum		Kumasi
GH-AH-003	Yaw Tano Shrine a.k.a. Tano Yaw Shrine	Ashanti	Shrine		Ejisu-Besease		at Besease, about 20.8 km on the Kumasi-Accra road.
GH-AH-004	Akwasi Sima Shrine a.k.a. Kwasi Kuma Shrine	Ashanti	Shrine		Adarkwa Jachie		about 16 km on the Kumasi-Ejisu road.
GH-AH-005	Tano Abenamu Subunu Shrine	Ashanti	Shrine		Abirem		Abirem is about 12.8 km from Kumasi on the Antoa Road, Coord of Antoa Road
GH-AH-006	Tano Kwadwo Shrine	Ashanti	Shrine		Saaman		Saaman is about 12.6 km north-east of Kumasi, on the former Odumakoma Tempong road that led toNorthern Ghana.
GH-AH-007	Atuo Kosua Shrine	Ashanti	Shrine		Adwinase		off the Ejisu-Onwi road.
GH-AH-008	Kentinkrono Shrine	Ashanti	Shrine		Kentinkrono		At Kentinkrono, about 20.8km on the Kumasi-Ejisu road.
GH-AH-009	Tano Odomankoma Shrine	Ashanti	Shrine		Bogwiase		foot of the rocky Mampong scarp, about 10 km from Effiduase, in theSekyere West District.
GH-AH-010	Asawase Shrine a.k.a. Tano Banie Shrine	Ashanti	Shrine		Asawase near Ejisu		to the south of Ejisu, about 10 km on the second-class road linking Ejisu and Apromase.
GH-AH-011	Asenemaso Shrine	Ashanti	Shrine		Asenemaso		Kumasi-Sunyani road, at a distance of about 15 km from Kejetia.

G. Northern Region

ID	Description	Region	Original function	Built	Location	Address	Comment	Coordinates	Image
GH-NP-001	Larabanga Mosque	Northern Region	Mosque	14th Century

Upper East

ID	Description	Region	Original function	Built	Location	Address	Comment	Coordinates	Image
GH-UE-001	Upper East Regional Museum	Upper East	Museum		Bolgatanga

Archeological Sites

It is not clear what to do with the. It is listed on the QMMB site, and contains information about: