Kotte Museum

Kotte Museum
Archaeological Museum, Kotte
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Established1992
LocationSri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka
Coordinates6°53′35.6″N 79°54′19.0″E / 6.893222°N 79.905278°E / 6.893222; 79.905278
TypeArchaeological

Kotte Museum (Sinhala: 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 the country's Western Province and is maintained by the 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 E. W. Perera, a prominent figure in the Sri Lankan independence movement, and was declared open to the public in 1995.

The museum building consists of five exhibition rooms and is used to display a 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. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.