Colombo National Museum, built in 1877, is Sri Lanka’s largest museum, showcasing art, archaeology, and history in an Italian-style building.
Colombo National Museum (Sri Lanka's Main Museum) For artifacts, go through this category National Museum of Colombo C olombo National Museum is the first Museum Established in Sri Lanka (Embuldeniya & Karunarathna, 2019; Rambukwella, 2014). It is also the largest museum in the country with a comprehensive collection of objects. History The museum was established on 1 January 1877, during the tenure of the office of British colonial Governor Sir William Henry Gregory (Embuldeniya & Karunarathna, 2019; Rambukwella, 2014). He was a politician and also the chairman of the British Museum Foundation Committee before his arrival in Sri Lanka (Prematilaka & Hewage, 2018). When he arrived in Colombo in 1872, one of the first priorities to confront him was to establish a public museum in the country (McEvansoneya, 2017). During the 1840s, the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (CBRAS) was in an idea to establish a museum in Sri Lanka [(then Ceylon) Rambukwella, 2014]. However, it did not become fruitful until William Henry Greg…
