List of museums in Sri Lanka
This list of museums in Sri Lanka contains lists of museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
National Museum of Colombo established in 1877.
National Museums administered by the Department of Museums
National Museums
National Museum of Kandy established in 1942 is home to artifacts from the Kandian era
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National Maritime Museum (Galle) was opened in 1992 and is located in a 1671 Dutch Warehouse
Tea making equipment, Ceylon Tea Museum, Kandy.
- National Museum of Colombo[1]
- National Museum of Kandy
- National Museum of Galle
- National Museum of Ratnapura
Museums of particular subjects
- National Museum of Natural History, Colombo
- Colombo Dutch Museum
- National Maritime Museum (Galle)
- Independence Memorial Museum
- Folk Museum (Anuradhapura)[2]
Museums administered by the Department of Archaeology
Terracotta Pipes, Jaffna Museum
North Central Province
- Anuradhapura Museum (National)
- Mihintale Museum (Site)
- Veheragala Museum (Site)
- Isurumuniya Museum (Site)
- Tantirimale Museum (Site)
North Western Province
- Panduwasnuwara Museum (Regional)
- Puttalam Museum (Site)
- Rajanganaya Museum (Site)
- Yapahuwa Museum (Site)
- Dambadeniya Museum (Site)
Central Province
- Kandy Royal Palace Museum (Regional)
- Nalanda Museum (Site)
- Pidurangala Museum (Site)
Eastern Province
- Batticaloa Museum.[3] (Site)
- Dighavapi Museum (Regional)
- Seruwila Museum (Site)
- Welgam Vehera Museum (Site)
Western Province
- Kotte Museum (Regional)
Southern Province
- Matara Star Fort Museum (Regional)
- Yatala Museum (Site)
- Kasagala Museum (Site)
- Mulkirigala Museum (Site)
Northern Province
- Jaffna Museum[4] (Regional)
- Vavuniya Museum (Regional)
Uva Province
- Buduruwagala Museum (Regional)
- Maligawila Museum (Site)
Sabaragamuwa Province
- Dedigama Museum (Regional)
Museums of particular subjects administered by the institutions of those subjects
Steamroller at Highway museum complex in Kiribathkumbura
- Sri Lanka Air Force Museum, Ratmalana
- Hoods Tower Museum, Trincomalee
- Colombo Port Maritime Museum, Colombo
- Ceylon Tea Museum, Kandy
- Walisinghe Harischandra Museum, Negombo
- Wax Museum, Colombo
- Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum, Galle
- International Buddhist Museum, Kandy
- Museum of Temple of Tooth, Kandy
- S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Museum, Colombo
- Mask Museum, Ambalangoda
- Currency Museum, Colombo
- Postal Museum, Colombo
- Highway Museum, Kiribathkumbura[5]
- Railway Museum, Kadugannawa[6]
See also
- Tourism in Sri Lanka
- Culture of Sri Lanka
- List of museums
- Department of National Museum (Sri Lanka)
- Department of Archaeology (Sri Lanka)
References
- ↑ "National Museum of Colombo". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ↑ "Anuradhapura Folk Museum". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ↑ "Heritage – Batticaloa Museum". Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ↑ Pooranee. "Museums". Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka's first Highways Museum now idles". Asian Tribune. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ↑ "National Railway Museum declared open in Kadugannawa". Sri Lanka Railways. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
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