Okyeman Old Palace Museum

The Okyeman Old Palace is a heritage site in Kibi (Kyebi), the capital of the Abuakwa South Municipality in Ghana's Eastern Region. It is preserved as a museum, and municipal documents describe it as reflecting the royal heritage of the Akyem Abuakwa State. For a visitor interested in Ghana's traditional governance and chieftaincy history, it is one of the cultural landmarks the municipality itself identifies as significant.

Its standing rests on official recognition rather than on visitor infrastructure. The Abuakwa South Municipal Assembly's Medium Term Development Plan for 2026–2029 lists the Old Palace among the municipality's heritage assets, and the 2024–2027 Composite Budget states that "The Okyeman's Old Palace is being kept and preserved as a museum." That preservation status is the clearest documented fact about the site.

The municipality groups the Old Palace with its other cultural and eco-tourism assets under Local Economic Development, alongside the Agyemprem Watershed, the Sagyimase Rain/Evergreen Forest, the Atewa Forest Reserve and Bunso Eco Park. The same plan notes that tourism in Abuakwa South remains largely underdeveloped and underutilised despite these assets — useful context for setting expectations.

Kibi lies about 55 km from Koforidua, 105 km from Accra and 179 km from Kumasi, and the municipality borders Atiwa West, Fanteakwa South, Kwaebibirem, Abuakwa North, Denkyembour and Suhum. The reviewed public sources do not specify the exact site or entrance of the museum.

Practical visitor information is not documented. No tours, exhibits, opening hours, fees, guides or facilities are described in the sources reviewed, so these should be confirmed locally before travelling. Treat the Old Palace as a place of documented heritage value whose visitor arrangements are, at present, unverified.