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

National Museum of Colombo 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)

Museums administered by the Department of Archaeology

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 (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 (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

Ceylon Tea Museum, Kandy Colombo Port Maritime Museum, Colombo Economic History Museum, Colombo Highway Museum, Kiribathkumbura Hoods Tower Museum, Trincomalee International Buddhist Museum, Kandy J. R. Jayewardene Centre, Colombo Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum, Galle Ambalangoda Mask Museum, Ambalangoda Museum of Temple of Tooth, Kandy National Telecommunication Museum, Padukka Postal Museum, Colombo Railway Museum, Kadugannawa S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Museum, Colombo Sri Lanka Air Force Museum, Ratmalana Sri Lanka Cricket Museum, Colombo Walisinghe Harischandra Museum, Negombo Wax Museum, Polonnaruwa

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

External links Department of national museums