The Manhyia Palace Museum is a historical museum located in Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana and situated within the Manhyia Palace. It was first established in 1925 as a private residence for Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I (who had been returning from almost three decades of exile), and was built as compensation for the destruction of the palace at Adum during the Yaa Asentewaa war in 1900. The Museum currently provides an insight into the culture of Ashantiland and Ghana's cultural legacy from before its colonization by Great Britain.