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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Lassana

Disna disna

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

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
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

沒有logesan

Shanu Appu
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

Memories ❤️ History

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

Anjula Ranasinghe

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
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Ananda Weerasinghe

Sacred Kotte kingdom

Irshad Izmath
Very informative. Good place to be.

Ravi Karunasiri

Good place to get knowledge about Kotte kingdom period in Sri Lanka. .. there is lots of valuable artifacts that shows archaeological evidences in Kotte ..

Pavithra Jayawickrama
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

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

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

Lara Wijesuriya

Good

ruchira pramod
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

Gihan Viraj

A lot to see though its a small museum.

Srinath Obeysekara

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