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  2. Colombo National Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Colombo National Museum, also known as the Sri Lanka National Museum, is a museum in Colombo and the largest in Sri Lanka.Founded in 1877 and maintained by the Department of National Museums, it holds collections of significant importance to Sri Lanka, such as the regalia of the Kandyan monarchs, as well as many other exhibits relating the country's cultural and natural heritage.

  3. List of museums in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    National Museum of Colombo established in 1877.. Below is a list of museums in Sri Lanka. For this context, museums are defined as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, 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.

  4. National Museum of Natural History, Colombo - Wikipedia

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    It was established on September 23, 1986 and became only one museum in Sri Lanka that represents natural history and natural heritage. [1] The National Museum of Natural History exhibits rare and threatened with extinction such as natural heritage of plant and animal species endemic to Sri Lanka, over 5,000 specimens of mammals, jurassic period ...

  5. National Museum of Ratnapura - Wikipedia

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    The National Museum of Ratnapura is one of the national museums of Sri Lanka.It is located in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka and it was opened on 13 May 1988. [1] The museum building is called “Ehelepola Walauwa”, as it once belonged to Ehelepola Nilame, [2] a courtier of the Kingdom of Kandy, who was the 1st Adigar (1811 - 1814) under the reign King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha, the last king of Sri Lanka ...

  6. National Museum of Kandy - Wikipedia

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    Department of National Museums website. The National Museum of Kandy in Kandy, Sri Lanka is located next to the Temple of the Tooth in part of the former Royal Palace of Kandy. The primary exhibits are housed in the Palle Vahala building, which was the former home of the King's harem. A secondary exhibition is located in the main palace building.

  7. Independence Memorial Museum - Wikipedia

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    Colombo, Sri Lanka. Coordinates. 6°54′16.5″N 79°52′02.2″E. /  6.904583°N 79.867278°E  / 6.904583; 79.867278. Website. www.museum.gov.lk. Independence Memorial Museum in Colombo, Sri Lanka is located in the basement of the Independence Memorial Hall, Independence Square (formally Torrington Square) in the Cinnamon Gardens.

  8. National Museum of Galle - Wikipedia

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    The National Museum of Galle (Galle National Museum) is one of the national museums of Sri Lanka. It is located in the oldest remaining Dutch building in the Galle fort, Galle, a single storey colonnaded Dutch building built in 1656 as the commissariat store for the Dutch garrison at the fort. [1] It subsequently served as a billiards room for ...

  9. Anuradhapura Museum - Wikipedia

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    The museum is one of the archaeological museums of Sri Lanka. [1] It is situated in the old administration building (පරණ කච්චේරි ගොඩනැගිල්ල), in the sacred city of Anuradhapura. Earlier Department of Archaeology had a residual collection of artifacts and Dr. Senarath Paranavithana started recording these ...

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