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 Western Province of the country and is maintained by Archaeological department of Sri Lanka.
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Established | 1992 |
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Location | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka |
Coordinates | 6°53′35.6″N 79°54′19.0″E / 6.893222°N 79.905278°E |
Type | Archaeological |
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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edit- ^ "Archaeological Museum of Kotte – කෝට්ටේ පුරාවිද්යා කෞතුකාගාරය". Amazinglanka. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ "Kotte Museum (Regional)". Archaeological department of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ "Exploring the forgotten Kingdom of Kotte". Daily FT. 7 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.