As part of the 2020 International Museum Day celebration, the Art Teachers’ Association of Ghana has appealed to government to save the Ghana National Museum from decay and continue with the 1964 abandoned museum extension project. The museum has been closed for five years now due to leakages of this temporary building. In delivering of the address, Dr Osuanyi Quaicoo Essel, the national president of the association urged the government to focus attention on the museum since it is the powerhouse of the nation’s material and non-material cultural history. He also appealed for the establishment of a National Art Gallery.
Artwatch Ghana extends her greetings to all Ghanaian Museum workers past and present, and commend them for their efforts as the world marks International Museum Day 2019. It is a day set aside by International Council of Museums (ICOM) to celebrate and create awareness of the potentials of museum in socio-cultural, educational… Read More