List of museums in Sri Lanka

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.

National Museums administered by the Department of Museums

National Museums

Museums of particular subjects

Museums administered by the Department of Archaeology

North Central Province

North Western Province

Central Province

  • Kandy Royal Palace Museum (Regional)
  • Nalanda Museum (Site)
  • Pidurangala Museum (Site)

Eastern Province

  • Batticaloa Museum (Site)[3]
  • Dighavapi Museum (Regional)
  • Seruwila Museum (Site)
  • Welgam Vehera Museum (Site)

Western Province

Southern Province

Northern Province

Uva Province

Sabaragamuwa Province

  • Dedigama Museum (Regional)

Museums of particular subjects administered by the institutions of those subjects

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Museum of Colombo". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Anuradhapura Folk Museum". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Heritage – Batticaloa Museum". Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  4. ^ Pooranee. "Museums". Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Sri Lanka's first Highways Museum now idles". Asian Tribune. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  6. ^ "National Railway Museum declared open in Kadugannawa". Sri Lanka Railways. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
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