Abstract
Museums around the world are gradually evolving to refine their role in society. These changes, however, are slowly felt in some part of Africa. In Ghana, museum engagement is very low as a result of poor visitors' experience in museums, poor managements, incomplete projects, lack of publicity and the nonexistence of museum education in the Ghanaian education system. The study specifically seeks to address the shortfalls of museum engagements in Ghana and to identify ways of increasing community engagement. Empirical approach of quantitative and qualitative research design, focusing on a descriptive survey method was employed for the study. The study has shown that, people do not visit the museum because of poor management, their busy schedules and low publicity of museums in Ghana. People, barely hear anything about museum activities and nothing about Ghanaian museums is fascinating to them. The study recommends educational reforms at the basic level tailored towards active participation of students in the history of Ghana through trips to the museums. This investment will go a long way to help the next generation get familiarised with Ghanaian culture and increase museum engagement in Ghana.
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