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| name = The Mankon Museum
[[File:Mankon Palace Museum 1.JPG|thumb|Mankon Palace Museum]]
| established = 2006
| location = Mankon-Bamenda, [[Cameroon]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.museumcam.org/en/mankon/index.php}}
}}

The '''Mankon Museum''' is an art and cultural museum located in [[Mankon-Bamenda]], [[Cameroon]].
The '''Mankon Museum''' is an art and cultural museum located in [[Mankon-Bamenda]], [[Cameroon]].


The museum was inaugurated in 2006, and is situated at the entrance to the [[Mankon|Mankon Palace]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The multiple lives of objects : museum, memory, and modernity in the Cameroon grassfields|author=Jones, Erica Perlmutter|oclc=918204296}}</ref>
==Reference==

*[http://www.museumcam.org/en/mankon/info.php Museum homepage]
Many of the historical objects in the collection came directly from the palace.<ref name=":0" /> These include some items that traditionally were not supposed to be seen by the general public, a situation that upset some members of the local community.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fubah|first=Mathias A.|date=2016-01-02|title=Views about modern museums in the palaces of the western Grassfields, Cameroon|journal=International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity|volume=11|issue=1|pages=84–102|doi=10.1080/18186874.2016.1212471|issn=1818-6874}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 18:39, 25 November 2023

The Mankon Museum
Mankon Palace Museum
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Established2006
LocationMankon-Bamenda, Cameroon
Websitewww.museumcam.org/en/mankon/index.php

The Mankon Museum is an art and cultural museum located in Mankon-Bamenda, Cameroon.

The museum was inaugurated in 2006, and is situated at the entrance to the Mankon Palace.[1]

Many of the historical objects in the collection came directly from the palace.[1] These include some items that traditionally were not supposed to be seen by the general public, a situation that upset some members of the local community.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Jones, Erica Perlmutter. The multiple lives of objects : museum, memory, and modernity in the Cameroon grassfields. OCLC 918204296.
  2. ^ Fubah, Mathias A. (2016-01-02). "Views about modern museums in the palaces of the western Grassfields, Cameroon". International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity. 11 (1): 84–102. doi:10.1080/18186874.2016.1212471. ISSN 1818-6874.