Kotte Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum of Kotte , Sri Lanka is one of the Regional Museums Administered by the Department of Archaeology . It is located at Bungalow Junction at a distance of 5 km from the Borella bus stop. The museum contains artefacts mainly discovered in Kotte and the surrounding area. History
The museum has been established in the old mansion of the late figure Edward Walter Perera ( 1875-1953 ), a Ceylonese Barrister, politician and freedom fighter (Welandawe & Weerasinghe, 2016). Two houses named Udaha Walawwa (upper manor house) and Pahala Walawwa (lower manor house) were constructed in adjoining lands by the Perera family and of these two mansions, the Udaha Walawwa was occupied by E.W Perera who later donated it to the Department of Archaeology. In 1992, this mansion was converted to E. W. Perera Memorial Museum and declared open to the public in 1995 (Rambukwella, 2014; Welandawe & Weerasinghe, 2016). The mansion The mansion can be dated to the early 20th century base…
