Archaeology National Museum Kotte

Amazing Experience

Situated in Ethul Kotte, in the heart of our capital, is the E.W. Perera Memorial Kotte Archaeological Museum on land donated by one of Kotte’s greatest sons, E.W. Perera (1875-1953), barrister, elected state counsellor and freedom fighter, also known as ‘The Lion of Kotte.’ It contains a variety of artefacts recovered from Kotte and elsewhere, including various regional flags, local costumes, weapons, pottery, chinaware and a collection of coins and other relics.

An interesting collection of miniature statues is also on display. An ivory Samadhi Buddha, a wooden standing Buddha found near the Kotte Dalada Medura, a limestone Samadhi Buddha, a metal kneeling figure, a female figurine and a bell with a carved handle in the shape of a human figure from the ancient Mahasen Devmedura.

From the later era came coins and coin moulds, rings from Uraketa wells, clay pipes, tiles and strands of hair from some Portuguese individuals who were buried in Kotte, silver wine cup, metal chunam pouches, silver bangles, bead chains, hair ornaments out of turtle shell, a few firearms including a particularly long double-barrelled pistol. Colonial-period clothes are also on display. Long-sleeved white jackets embellished with lace and adorned with floral motifs and many other items of clothing were influenced by the European colonial forces from Portugal, the Netherlands, and Great Britain.

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Archaeological museum for kotte era. Lots of Man made artifacts represents of kotte kingdom .

SURANGA JAYASINGHE

Unexpected but my children loved the exhibit here

Markus Anson
A very attractive place for people who seek information. A good collection of artifacts. It’s free and worthwhile visiting. There is a bookshop where you can buy many books published... read more by department of archaeology

Shayan Appuhamy

සමාජ, දේශපාලනික, ආර්ථිකමය සහ ඓතිහාසිකමය වෂයෙන් ඉතා හොඳ, දේශීය හා විදේශීය ජනයාට. අපගේ රටේ අපේ උරුමයන් පිළිබඳ මනා අවබෝධයක් සහ එකවර රසවිදිය හැකි වේ. ඒ සදහා විශේෂයෙන්ම පුහුණු වූ... read more

Tiwanka Jayasinghe
කෝට්ටේ රාජධානිය සම්බන්ධව ගොඩක් දේවල් නොමිලේම දැනගත්තා. ටිකට් එකක් වත් ගන්න අවශ්‍ය නැහැ. පොඩි දරුවන්ට ගොඩාක් වැදගත්.

Chameera Kasun

පිටකෝට්ටේ බංගලා හංදියේ මෙම කෞතුකාගාරය පිහිටා ඇත. කෝට්ටේ විසූ ප්‍රබල ප්‍රකට නීතිඥයෙකු හා සමාජ සේවකයෙකු වූ ඊ.ඩබ්: පෙරේරා මැතිතුමාගේ පෞද්ගලික නිවස වූ මෙම ගොඩනැගිල්ල එතුමා විසින් පසු කළෙකදී පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට... read more

TC Bandarawela
I first visited this museum when I was just a little brat in primary school, and even now, it remains one of the most underrated places in Kotte. If you... read more

Chanuka Nadun

A must visit place in Kotte. You can see some valuable antiques. There isn't too much but still I can assure that this place is a must watch location if... read more

Thilina M Liyanage
沒有logesan

Shanu Appu

Very plain exhibition, but still worth visiting. Not allowed to take pictures. As I am a foreigner any guidance wasn't given, but I had to write my name in a... read more

Natalya de Silva
Sacred Kotte kingdom

Irshad Izmath

A lot to see though its a small museum.

Srinath Obeysekara
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Ananda Weerasinghe

Nice place

Madura Perera
Good

ruchira pramod

Most under visited place in Kotte. It's all about history

Anjula Ranasinghe
Small but very informative collection.. Visit this place if you are a museum person.. This has a nice collection of old flags in sri lanka. Old textiles and ancient artifacts belongings... read more

Vimansa Vidu

Very informative. Good place to be.

Ravi Karunasiri
Not crowded at all. Good place to study old Sri lankan flags and guns. There is a small archaeology library and book shop.

Ashan Dimal

Small place but worth the visit. Can part the vehicle inside. Entrance free.

Prageeth Gunasekara

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