Manhyia Palace, Palace museum in Manhyia, Kumasi, Ghana

Manhyia Palace is a two-storey building with pale yellow walls, a red ridged roof and open verandas on both floors. A projecting balcony with a small-arched parapet runs across the upper storey above a columned portico; black lettering on the parapet reads "MANHYIA PALACE MUSEUM". A white lion sculpture sits at the base of the columns, and dark louvred shutters line the windows.

The palace was built in 1925 during colonial times to serve as a residence for a returning Ashanti ruler. The building blends European construction styles with the meaning it held for the Ashanti people.

The name Manhyia comes from the Akan "Oman hyia", meaning gathering of the people. The museum holds furniture used by the kings, the bronze head of Osei Agyeman Prempeh II, a sketch map of Asanteman, Asanteman's first television and life-sized wax effigies of kings and queens.

The building is open to visitors most days, with guided tours helping deepen understanding of the rooms and collections. It helps to check opening hours beforehand since these may vary.

The building visitors tour is the old palace, turned into a museum in 1995; the reigning Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, lives in a separate new palace nearby, built under Opoku Ware II. The museum was opened by Opoku Ware II on 12 August 1995, and an outbuilding added that year serves as a gift shop.