Dedigama Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum of Dedigama , (Sinhala: දැදිගම පුරාවිද්යා කෞතුකාගාරය) Sri Lanka is one of the Regional Museums Administered by the Department of Archaeology . The museum can be reached by traveling along the Nelundeniya - Galapitamada road (B540) about a 4 km distance from the Nelundeniya junction. History
Established in 1954, the Dedigama museum is said to be the first regional museum of the Archaeological Department (Rambukwella, 2014). Museum
The museum preserves a collection of items discovered mainly from the excavations done at Dedigama Kota Vehera (Rambukwella, 2014). Artifacts that are being exhibited include stone creations/tools, inscriptions, metal creations, and statues, etc. In addition to them, antiquities belonging to the reign of Parakramabahu I ( 1153-1186 A.D. ) which were received from certain places such as Panduwasnuwara and Kegalle are also exhibited in the museum. .
References
1) Rambukwella, M.W.C.N.K., 2014. Heritage representation in culturally
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