The Ghana Bead Society

was started by a group of bead enthusiasts in 1994 with the following aims :a) To develop a knowledge and appreciation of the traditional usage of beads and related arts in Ghana; b) To establish a permanent bead collection in Ghana; c) To establish a bead reference library of books, photographs, film tape recording and other kinds of information and data; d) To produce and publish a dictionary/encyclopaedia of beads found and made in Ghana; e) To encourage local bead production and bead related art; f) To seek and maintain contact with other bead societies and collectors; g) To encourage legislation for the protection and preservation of beads as national heritage.

The book THE BEAD IS CONSTANT is a first step, as is the restoration and cataloguing of the bead collection of the Museum of Archaeology.

We welcome new members in Ghana!