The Museum, together with the Okomfo Anokye Sword Site located at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) were both shut down on Monday on the orders of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

The closure, management believes, is the right step to take to protect the hundreds of visitors and staff from a possible infection of COVID-19.     

Mr. Justice Brobbey, Manager of the Museum, has however been recounting how the closure was going to affect revenue inflow as a result of the pandemic.

He told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that March is one of the busiest months of the museum as more visitors patronize the facility compared to the remaining months.

He disclosed that an average of 8,627 visitors had been visiting the museum and the sword site in March for the last three years (2017-2019).

Meanwhile the two tourist sites have already recorded 11, 691 visits as at March 14, when they were last opened to the public.

"Patronage for this month has been very promising looking at the trend for the last three years. As you can see we have already gone beyond what we normally record in the entire month of March", he told the GNA.

"We were very expectant in terms of revenue generation for this month but for the closure due to the covid-19", he added.

Mr. Brobbey said much as management needed funds to run the museum which is a private facility, it could not compromise the health of the very people who brought in the money.

He was hopeful that efforts being made by government to contain the virus would yield the desired results in the shortest possible time to pave way for resumption of business.

He said staff of the museum had been asked to stay home in the interim.