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established an "Interim Council of the National Museum of the Gold Coast". The council later merged with the Monuments and Relics Commission to create the modern GMMB.
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The origins of the GMMB can be traced back to the establishment of an ethnographic museum at
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Kankpeyeng, Benjamin W.; DeCorse, Christopher R. (2004).
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and the Monuments and Relics Commission by Ordinance 20.
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GMMB, Inc.
Ghana
https://www.ghanamuseums.org/
preservation
cultural heritage
Ghana
National Museum
Achimota College
University of Ghana
British colonial government
"What is GMMB"
Kankpeyeng & DeCorse 2004
"About Us - Ghana Museums and Monuments Board"
"Ghana's Vanishing Past: Development, Antiquities, and the Destruction of the Archaeological Record"
doi
10.1023/b:aarr.0000030786.24067.19
JSTOR
25130794
S2CID
55155205
Official website
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