THIS is the first issue of a series of monographs intended to describe the art treasures of the Colombo Museum, among which the bronzes are of special importance. Some of the finest examples have ...

Why did everyone start calling it the ‘Katuge’? The recently released ‘Guide to the National Museum – Colombo’ provides the answer. The skeleton of a large whale of enormous size hung on the ceiling ...

Priceless items belonging to Kandyan era were among the cultural artefacts stolen from the Colombo National Museum, says the Minister of National Heritage Dr. Jagath Balasuriya. Dr. Jagath ...

will open its landmark store in the Colombo Museum premise at the end of this month. Positioned as the ‘National Museum Gallery Café’, the state-of-the-art showroom, which is constructed at a ...

Six Lankan artefacts will be returned to Sri Lanka by the Netherlands during a two-day event at the Colombo National Museum. Issuing a statement, the Netherlands Embassy in Colombo said during a ...

Their vibrant and brightly illuminated personas will live forever in video form in “Animalia Chordata,” a video sculpture exemplary of the art Barcia-Colombo will display at the Neon Museum ...

SINCE Sir William Gregory in 1872 developed the idea of collecting exhibits illustrating the natural history, antiquities and industrial products of Ceylon, the Colombo Museum has preserved a high ...

Established as the Colombo Museum in 1877, the Colombo National Museum is the main museum in the country that exhibits a plethora of artefacts representing Sri Lanka's rich history and ancient ...