Unexpected but my children loved the exhibit here

Best place to enjoy the history of the kingdom of Kotte

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 book for visitors. Good thing it's free of charge

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

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Open everyday except Tuesdays. Closed specially on April 13th,14th and 1st of May. Archeological exhibits of Kotte era can be observed. No entrance fee is charged and the staff is supportive.... read more There is a archeological publications stall as well.

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 පරිත්‍යාග කරන ලදුව වර්තමානයේ දී එය කෝට්ටේ යුගයේ තොරතුරු හා කෞතුක භාණ්ඩ ඇතුලත් පුරාවිද්‍යා කෞතුකාගාරයක්ක ලෙස භාවිතා කෙරේ.

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

Sacred Kotte kingdom

Kotte Museum (Sinhalese: කෝට්ටේ කෞතුකාගාරය) is an archaeological Museum in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka. It is located at Bangala junction in Ethul Kotte, on the Borella-Pitakotte main road. The... read more museum serves as the regional museum for Western Province of the country and is maintained by Archaeological department of Sri Lanka. The museum was first established in 1992 as E. W. Perera Memorial Museum in Ihala Walawwa,[1] the residence of late politician E. W. Perera and was declared open for the public in 1995. The museum building is consisted of five exhibition rooms and used to display variety of archaeological antiquities recovered from Kotte and its surrounding area. They include various regional flags, clothing, statues, coins, swords, knives, guns, weapons, pottery, maps and a collection of items used by E. W. Perera and items donated by Douglas Ranasinghe.

This museum is located in the house of late Mr. E W Perera. The museum has a collection of various artefacts ranging from flags, clothes, coins, pistols, swords, pottery, jewellery, statues,... read more etc. belonging to the 14th - 19th centuries. The museum provides a great insight into the lives of people who lived many centuries ago. The place is well maintained, and we were given an excellent tour with explanations about the important artefacts on display. This is a great place to visit with kids. The museum is open daily except on Tuesdays. Street parking is available.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ පිහිටුවා ඇති පුරාවිද්‍යා කෞතුකාගාරය වේ. එය බොරැල්ල-පිටකෝට්ටේ ප්‍රධාන මාර්ගයේ, ඇතුල් කෝට්ටේ පිහිටි බංගලා හන්දිය ආසන්නයේ පිහිටා ඇත. කෞතුකාගාරය, බස්නාහිර පළාතේ කලාපීය පුරාවිද්‍යා කෞතුකාගාරය ලෙස, පුරාවිද්‍යා... read more දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් පවත්වාගෙන යනු ලැබේ. 1992 වර්ෂයේ ඊ.ඩබ්. පෙරේරා අණුස්මරණ කෞතුකාගාරය ලෙස කෝට්ටේ කෞතුකාගාරය, ඉහල වලව්ව ගොඩනැගිල්ලේ ස්ථාපනය කරන ලද අතර[1] එය 1995 වර්ෂයේදී මහජනයා සදහා විවෘත කරන ලදී.

Few artefacts are available. If you like history it would be fun. No photos allowed unless you have prior approval. Entrance free.

Informative. One should definitely visit to learn more about the Kotte kingdom.

Memories ❤️ History

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

This small museum, located in an old house, isn't well known and neither is the Kingdom of Kotte. Most of the palace and other structures were destroyed by the Portuguese... read more but Colombo's ever expanding development has seen further destruction of what was left and even encroachment on the ruins. I couldn't get good photos of the artefacts on display but the posters give a lot of useful information about the Kingdom of Kotte.