Kotte Museum

Kotte Museum
Archaeological Museum, Kotte
Established 1992
Location Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka
Coordinates 6°53′35.6″N 79°54′19.0″E / 6.893222°N 79.905278°E / 6.893222; 79.905278Coordinates: 6°53′35.6″N 79°54′19.0″E / 6.893222°N 79.905278°E / 6.893222; 79.905278
Type Archaeological

Kotte Museum (Sinhalese: කෝට්ටේ කෞතුකාගාරය) is an archaeological Museum in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka. It is located at Bangala junction in Ethul Kotte, on the Borella-Pitakotte main road. The museum serves as the regional museum for Western Province of the country and is maintained by Archaeological department of Sri Lanka.

The museum was first established in 1992 as E. W. Perera Memorial Museum in Ihala Walawwa,[1] the residence of late politician E. W. Perera and was declared open for the public in 1995.

The museum building is consisted of five exhibition rooms and used to display variety of archaeological antiquities recovered from Kotte and its surrounding area. They include various regional flags, clothing, statues, coins, swords, knives, guns, weapons, pottery, maps and a collection of items used by E. W. Perera and items donated by Douglas Ranasinghe.[2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Archaeological Museum of Kotte – කෝට්ටේ පුරාවිද්‍යා කෞතුකාගාරය". Amazinglanka. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Kotte Museum (Regional)". Archaeological department of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Exploring the forgotten Kingdom of Kotte". Daily FT. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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