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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Dutch Museum in Colombo, located at Prince Street, Pettah, was closed for several years for renovation. It was reopened to the public early this month. The conservation project which is nearing ...

Schools in and about Colombo make increasing use of this collection, and 8,127 scholars visited tho Museum with their teachers during the year. Approximately 225,000 people entered the Museum in ...

Thieves broke into the Colombo Museum early yesterday and got away with valuable artifacts including swords and gold coins, police said. CID detectives were called in to probe how the thieves got into ...