One of the main attractions in Colombo, where Sri lanka
tours offer you is the national museum of Colombo. The national museum of
Colombo is situated in Colombo 7 and it is a place you must visit as Sri lanka
inherits a great rich history over a period of 2500 years. The Museum was
established in 1877 by Sir William Henry Gregory the governor of Ceylon at that
time.
The museum holds many artifacts from different eras of much
importance to Sri lanka such as regalia, including the thrown and the crown of
the kandyan monarch. Kandyan monarch is one of the highlights in Sri lanka
tourism and one of the most appreciated by the tourist travel Sri lanka.
The Museum holds three main sections for Natural science,
Cultural and library and natural section consists of four main sub sections as
Entomology, Zoology, Botany and Geology. For entomology section there are over
95000 dry preserved insect specimens and over 5000 wet preserved insect
specimens. Where Insects common around the world as well as insects which are
only common in Sri lanka.
Zoology section gives the access to the faunal diversity in
Sri lanka, in which the museum holds the largest faunal collection of the
country. Geology section holds prehistoric items, fossils, mineral soils and
many other things.
Botany section has a collection of over 1500 dried plants
which includes flowering plants, ferns, mosses and liverworts and several fungi
species collected from natural forests in Sri Lanka.
The cultural section is also divided into 2 main sections
under ethnology and anthropology.
Ethnology section has over one million
cultural objects, mainly coins & currency, stone antiques, pottery,
brassware, textile, furniture, etc. Anthropology holds over 600 cultural
objects which go under 12 subjects such as agricultural, household, ritual,
musical, etc.
