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.

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, LK

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Roshan Lakmal

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

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

Lara Wijesuriya

沒有logesan

Shanu Appu
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

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
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

Thushini Goonewardene

Best place to enjoy the history of the kingdom of Kotte

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

Anjula Ranasinghe

I think everyone in the area must visit this place.

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

Chameera Kasun

Unexpected but my children loved the exhibit here

Markus Anson
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Ananda Weerasinghe

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
Good

ruchira pramod

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

Prageeth Gunasekara
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

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

Nisal Perera
A lot to see though its a small museum.

Srinath Obeysekara

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