Polonnaruwa Museum is one of the museums Administered by the Central Cultural Fund. It was established near the sluice gate of the Parakrama Samudraya
Polonnaruwa Museum P olonnaruwa Museum (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව කෞතුකාගාරය), Sri Lanka is one of the Museums Administered by the Central Cultural Fund . It was established near the main sluice gate of the Parakrama Samudraya of Polonnaruva Ancient City . History The museum was established with the support of the Government of the Netherlands to exhibit the artefacts that were recovered through research carried out since 1981 by the Alahana Project of the Central Cultural Fund and to provide knowledge and understanding to visitors about the Polonnaruva World Heritage Site (Rambukwella, 2014). It was declared open to the public on 31 September 1998. The museum building is said to have been first planned by Roland Silva and it was further developed by Messrs. L.A. Aditya and L.K. Karunaratna (Wikramagamage, 2004). The compound was designed on the instructions of Senaka Bandaranayaka (Wikramagamage, 2004). You may want to read these posts : Allai Cpper Plate Grant Ancient Technology Museum, Polonnaruwa Naipena Viharaya N…
