[1] Because of its importance during the European colonial period and its testimony to the Atlantic slave trade, Fort Apollonia was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with several other forts and castles in Ghana in 1979.

[2] The Swedes established a trading post at Apollona as part of the Swedish Gold Coast between 1655 and 1657.

After the abolition of slave trade, the fort was abandoned in 1819, but it was again occupied from 1836 onward.

The British bombarded the fort in 1873 on the attack of Beyin on account of its coalition with the Ashantis.

Fort Apollonia houses the Museum of Nzema Culture and History, which opened in 2010.