The Archaeological Museum of Jaffna, Sri Lanka is one of the Regional Museums Administered by Department of Archaeology. It was established in 1943.
Jaffna Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum of Jaffna (Tamil: தொல் பொருட்காட்சிச்சாலை, யாழ்ப்பாணம்; Sinhala: යාපනය පුරාවිද්යා කෞතුකාගාරය), Sri Lanka is one of the Regional Museums Administered by the Department of Archaeology . It is situated on the wayside of Navalar Road behind the Navalar Memorial Cultural Hall. The museum contains a large collection of artefacts mainly related to Buddhism and Hinduism. History This museum was originally established as a national museum in 1943. However, when the museum staff was relocated to the Archaeological Department in 1965, the administration of it came under the Department of Archaeology (Rambukwella, 2014). The present museum was established on a plot of land originally owned by the famous Tamil scholar and Philosopher Mr Arumuka Navalar [(1822-1879) Dias et al., 2016; Wijebandara, 2014). The land was gifted to the Department of Archaeology in 1975, by the Arumuka Navalar Foundation. Under the supervision of Dr Roland Silva , the then Archaeological Commission…
