Colombo National Museum

Albert Crescent, Colombo , Sri Lanka
  • Traveler Rating 3.50
    72 reviews 8 travel blogs 9 photos

    Attraction Type:

    History museum, Specialty museum

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    2of 9 attractions in Colombo

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  • 1

    First Day exploring Sri Lanka's chaotic capital

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    Lauren: Woke up early and saw 2 geckos in our bathroom! Woke up Ben excitedly to show him, hehe. Our first day checking out Colombo we started with a walk down the picturesque alleys where we spotted a tiny squirrel and I squealed with happiness which amused the locals very much. Next strolled along the main street past huge viney trees with long …

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  • 1

    Whale watching - not Wales watching!

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    ... and move onto Kandy quicker than planned.  We spent a day walking and Tuk Tuk - ing around Colombo taking in sights such as the: National museum, the cricket stadium, Galle Face Park and the Galle Face Park hotel for afternoon tea and to watch the ...

  • 2

    Game on in Colombo

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    Game on indeed. After a week in Bangkok with Emily I was off to Colombo, Sri Lanka to start my TV graphics gig with the Asian 5 Nations Rugby (A5N for short from here on). My first time in a TV production would be live to air in 50 countries around the ...

  • 3

    Hello Sri Lanka!

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    ... ;people from all religions seem to get into the spirit in some way. John and I debated whether or not to visit Colombo, Sri Lanka's largest city, however I'm glad we did. Given its size and importance I think its part of getting to know Sri ...

  • 4

    Ceylon

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    ... the car and driver about 12:15pm and we set off. It is sunny, hot and humid. Our first stop was the National Museum of History of Sri Lanka which depicted the rule by the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British. In fact this building was built as a ...

  • 5

    A Friendly Disposition...

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    ... continue to drift about the globe. Nabeel did his best to introduce me to the country. For the afternoon, we went to the National Museum where there wasn't a whole lot to see other than an old skeleton of a whale and the building itself - an old ...

  • 6

    Colombo, cricket and rain

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    ... front of the wall plastered with warning signs such as "Behave appropriately- there are hundreds of eyes watching you". The National Museum, an impressive display of stone monuments and weapons display, and a rather spooky room of large puppets in dimly ...

  • 7

    Downtown Colombo!

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    ... over here). So we finished our time @ the cafe and met up with our awesomest Guide! So Nadine took us to the national museum, which was a classical arcitecture museum, like you know the kinda one that Sherlock Holmes would have hung out in if he ...

  • 8

    Tuk tuks everywhere

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    ... price you are willing to pay, then just try another one :0). This morning I gave in to the reviews and went along to the National Museum to see if the exhibits were really as 'excellent' as everyone makes them out to be.  Even for someone who isn't ...