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What to do and see in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka: The Best History Museums
Coordinates: 7°N 81°E / 7°N 81°E / 7; 81
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1. Arankelle Ancient Monastery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By Albia-Newton - Weston super Mare, United Kingdom
Beautiful ancient monastery in the jungle. Built by Buddhist monks between the 4th and 8th Centuries Lovely to explore Get the site guardian to give you a tour if you can. He is very knowledgeable
2. National Telecommunication Museum
3. Pinnawala Ape Gama
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By wwkalex-fernando - Ja Ela, Sri Lanka
Identify srilankan village and characters equipment responsible and respective people activities attractive place for school pupils foreigners can get a knowledge about our cultures and communication and historical progress of village
4. Tea Plantation Workers Museum and Archive
5. Yapahuwa Ancient Kingdom
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4.5 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By Albia-Newton - Weston super Mare, United Kingdom
A medieval fortress and palace complex dating from the 1200s. Fantastic climb up to the top of the rock with brilliant views
6. Sri Lanka Airforce Museum
7. Panduwasnuwara Kingdom
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 16 reviews
Reviewed By sherry_dissa - Colombo, Sri Lanka
This is a first kingdom of historical sri lanka who buit by king pandhukabhaya.thats a most beautiful place of lot of ruins of place,catsle areas and also temples.
8. Magampura Ruhunu Heritage Museum
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4.5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By 307kamalp - Byron Bay, Australia
A visit to the southern province of Sri Lanka may not be complete without a glimpse to its archaeology, heritage, tradition and history. Magampura Ruhunu Heritage museum gives a condensed dose of information to appreciate the ancient kingdom of Ruhuna. Museum is setup in the old Kachcheri premises (governing centre) operated by the British during their rule of Sri Lanka. The old building has been beautifully renovated and conserved and fits very well for such a museum. Even though the place is not filled with ancient artefacts; the replicas, drawings, digital presentations takes the visitor through a journey that is well worth. Ruhuna has so much of lesser known archaeological sites such as Ramba Vihara, Godawaya, Kasagala, Naigala etc. which are fascinating.
9. Dambadeniya Ancient Kingdom Museum
10. Colombo National Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1,323 reviews
This museum of Asian civilizations is one of the oldest in Sri Lanka.
Reviewed By mytropicaljournal - Colombo, Sri Lanka
An ideal place for historians but might be boring for those who have no interest on digging the history of their vacation spot. Magnificent collection of artifacts belong to different eras of the Sri Lankan history perfectly separated in to different sections providing proper guidance to travellers. Depicts includes cultural, archeological, zoological, botanical and many more. Full skeleton of the majestic Sri Lankan tusker, Heiyyanthuduwe Raja can be seen at the place. Popular location amongst school kids. It will take about 02 hours to cover all sections. Careful when taking photographs.
