Cape Coast Castle Museum, Historical museum in Cape Coast, Ghana

The Cape Coast Castle Museum is an ethnography and archaeology museum established in 1974 that operates inside Cape Coast Castle, in Cape Coast, Ghana. Its displays of archaeological finds and cultural objects are housed within the castle's historic rooms and passages.

Cape Coast Castle Museum opened in 1974 inside Cape Coast Castle, a fortification on Ghana's coast that changed hands between European trading companies over the centuries. The museum is an ethnography and archaeology museum, and its galleries occupy rooms of the castle itself.

The museum displays traditional Ghanaian items such as ceremonial drums and ancient pottery that visitors can observe closely. These objects reflect the everyday and ceremonial practices of the people who lived here.

Visitors should wear comfortable shoes as there are many stairs and passages, especially in the underground areas. Guided tours in multiple languages help visitors better understand the exhibitions and explore the various rooms of the site.

The underground chambers reveal the spatial structure of the former trading post and give visitors today a direct sense of how this place functioned. These hidden rooms are surprising to many visitors and stand apart from typical museum exhibitions.