Museums in Sri Lanka
134 museums across Sri Lanka, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).
- Colombo National Museum · museum · Colombo · Well liked · Must-see
- Munneswaram Temple · museum · Puttalam · Highly rated · Must-see
- Ceylon Tea Museum · museum · Kandy · Highly rated · Must-see
- Maritime Archaeology Museum · museum · Galle · Well liked · Must-see
- Maduwanwela Walawwa · museum · Ratnapura · Highly rated · Must-see
- Archaelogical Museum · museum · Anuradhapura · Must-see
- National Art Gallery · museum · Colombo · Must-see
- Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum · museum · Galle · Highly rated
- Sri Lanka Air Force Museum · museum · Colombo · Highly rated
- Āriapāla Mask Museum · museum · Galle · Well liked
- Sigiriya Archaeological Museum · museum · Matale · Highly rated
- Community Tsunami Education Center & Museum · museum · Galle · Highly rated
- Orr's Hill Army Museum · museum · Trincomalee · Highly rated
- Maritime And Naval History Museum · museum · Trincomalee · Well liked
- Sri Lanka Planetarium · museum · Colombo · Well liked
- Ancient Technology Museum & Wax Museum · museum · Polonnaruwa · Highly rated
- Sri Dalada Museum · museum · Kandy · Highly rated
- Heritage Museum · museum · Batticaloa · Well liked
- Jaffna Archaeological Museum · museum · Jaffna · Well liked
- National Railway Museum · museum · Kandy · Well liked
- Dutch Museum · museum · Colombo
- Wax Museum - Ehelepola Walauwwe · museum · Kandy · Highly rated
- Jetavana Museum · museum · Anuradhapura · Highly rated
- Yala National Park Museum · museum · Hambantota · Well liked
- National Museum · museum · Galle · Well liked
- Naval Museum · museum · Trincomalee · Highly rated
- Historical Mansion Museum · museum · Galle · Highly rated
- Anuradhapura Archaeological Museum · museum · Anuradhapura · Well liked
- Ratnapura National Museum · museum · Ratnapura · Well liked
- Dehiwala Zoo Museum · museum · Colombo · Highly rated
- International Buddhist Museum · museum · Kandy · Highly rated
- Paduwasnuwara Museum · museum · Kurunegala · Well liked
- Ibbankatuwa Megalithic Burial Site · museum · Matale · Highly rated
- Kandy National Museum · museum · Kandy · Well liked
- Crocodile Rock · museum · Ampara · Highly rated
- Sivapoomi Jaffna Museum · museum · Jaffna · Highly rated
- Canbuy Gem Museum · museum · Kandy · Highly rated
- Isurumuniya Museum · museum · Anuradhapura · Well liked
- Kande Viharaya Museum · museum · Kalutara · Well liked
- The Gemunu Watch · museum · Ratnapura · Well liked
- Old Royal Palace · museum · Kandy
- Thewatta Church Museum · museum · Gampaha · Well liked
- Victoria Museum · museum · Nuwara Eliya · Well liked
- Killinochchi War Memorial Monument · museum · Kilinochchi
- Vavuniya Archaeological Museum · museum · Vavuniya · Well liked
- National Museum of Natural History · museum · Colombo
- Wildlife Museum · museum · Polonnaruwa
- Archaeological Museum · museum · Anuradhapura
- Buduruwagala Archaeological Museum · museum · Monaragala
- Lanka Mangrove Museum and Learning Center · museum · Puttalam
- Old Town Hall Building and Museum · museum · Colombo
- Mahiyangana Ayurveda Museum · museum · Badulla
- Commonwealth WAR Cemetery · museum · Trincomalee
- Archaeology Museum · museum · Hambantota
- Museum of Wall Painting · museum · Matale
- Jaffna Art Gallery (Kalaithuthu Kala Mutram) · museum · Jaffna
- Uva Museum · museum · Badulla
- Kataragama Museum · museum · Monaragala
- Udugampola Fish Tanks · museum · Gampaha
- Dutch Fort museum · museum · Jaffna
- Open Air Museum - Temple of the Tooth · museum · Kandy
- Nandana gem & Museum · museum · Ratnapura
- Yatala Museum · museum · Hambantota
- Thg Moto Museum · museum · Kurunegala
- Spice Ceylon - Matale · museum · Matale
- Navy Underwater Dive Museum · museum · Trincomalee
- Seethawaka Museum · museum · Colombo
- Dedigama Kotawehera Museum · museum · Kegalle
- Historical Matale Rebellion Monument - 1848 · museum · Matale
- Zoo Museum · museum · Kegalle
- Magampura Ruhunu Heritage Museum · museum · Hambantota
- Galle Fort Colonial War Gallery under Star Bastion - Gun Powder Magazine No. 01 · museum · Galle
- Kaluthara Bhodi Museum · museum · Kalutara
- Nanthi Kadal Lagoon · museum · Mullaitivu
- Natural History & Science Museum of Srilanka · museum · Batticaloa
- Old Jail · museum · Anuradhapura
- Museum, Sri Sumangalaramaya. Dorakumbura · museum · Matale
- Sentence Of Matara · museum · Matara
- Museum polonnaruwa · museum · Polonnaruwa
- Salt Museum · museum · Hambantota
- Museum of Yala-East(Kumana) National Park · museum · Ampara
- 35 · museum · Badulla
- Aluvihare Walauwe · museum · Matale
- Archaeological Museum · museum · Monaragala
- Archaeological Museum of Kotte · museum · Colombo
- Archaeological museum · museum · Anuradhapura
- Archeological Museum · museum · Vavuniya
- Archeological Museum · museum · Monaragala
- Authority Maritime Museum · museum · Colombo
- Buddhist Museum · museum · Matale
- Chitrasena Art Gallery · museum · Colombo
- Correct location of the museum · museum · Kurunegala
- Dambadeniya Museum · museum · Kurunegala
- Dedigama Musium · museum · Kegalle
- Deshamanya Siva Ovyeskere Crafts Gallery · museum · Colombo
- Dutch Warehouse (National Maritime Museum) · museum · Galle
- Elephant Information Centre · museum · Ratnapura
- Folk Museum · museum · Anuradhapura
- Free Museum of Kumana National Park · museum · Ampara
- Gem & Mineral Museum · museum · Kandy
- General Tsunami Photo Museum · museum · Galle
- Geoffrey Bawa House No.11 · museum · Colombo
- Handunugoda Tea Estate · museum · Galle
- Helanka Art Gallery · museum · Colombo
- Indika Art Gallery · museum · Hambantota
- JDA Perera Gallery · museum · Colombo
- Junction Art Gallery · museum · Colombo
- M.S.W.Cultural hall · museum · Batticaloa
- Mackwoods Museum · museum · Nuwara Eliya
- Mondigliani Gallery · museum · Colombo
- Museum of Modern and Contemporary art Sri Lanka · museum · Colombo
- National Puppet Museum · museum · Colombo
- Natural Gems and Gemological Museum · museum · Kandy
- Old General Post Office Fort · museum · Colombo
- Outpsyd · museum · Badulla
- PABLO Boutique · museum · Galle
- Pethikada Paintings & Crafts · museum · Matale
- Plant Seed Museum · museum · Kandy
- Puppet Museum · museum · Galle
- Railway Museum · museum · Colombo
- Railway Museum · museum · Gampaha
- Raja Museum · museum · Kandy
- Rajanganaya Museum · museum · Kurunegala
- Saffron Robes · museum · Galle
- Sapumal Foundation · museum · Colombo
- Tsunami Photo Gallery · museum · Galle
- The Galle Fort At Gallery · museum · Galle
- Thoppigala Heritage Centre · museum · Batticaloa
- Thuruwila purana Raja maha Viharaya · museum · Anuradhapura
- Tsunami Photo Museum Telwatta · museum · Galle
- Tukkawadu Mask Museum · museum · Galle
- Vadda's Heritage Centre · museum · Monaragala
- W A Silva Museum · museum · Colombo
- හෙම්මාතගම බෞද්ධ මන්දිරය · museum · Kandy