Landmarks
Features of the city include the large Kumasi Central Market, "Tafo Kumasi", "Fort Kumasi" (built by the British in 1896 to replace an Asante fort and now a museum) and the "Kumasi Hat Museum". Royal Asante attractions include the "Kumasi National Cultural Centre" (including the "Prempeh II Jubilee Museum" with various Asante regalia including a reproduction of the golden stool), the "Okomfo Anokye Sword", the "Asantehene's Palace" (built in 1972), and the "Manhyia Palace", dating from 1925, now a museum. Kumasi is also home to a zoo, and to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (formerly the Kumasi College of Technology).
St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi.
The Kumasi has a teaching hospital to support the medical training at the University (Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital), the West End Hospital and several other private and public clinics and small hospitals.
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