Colombo National Museum

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museum

Colombo National Museum is Sri Lanka’s largest and most important museum, renowned for its extensive collections that showcase the country’s history, art, and cultural heritage.

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Label Occurrences
National Museum of Colombo 2
Colombo National Museum canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf museum ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sri Lanka National Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Italianate architecture ⓘ
buildingType two-storey building ⓘ
collectionType Sri Lankan art ⓘ
anthropological objects ⓘ
archaeological objects ⓘ
cultural heritage of Sri Lanka ⓘ
history of Sri Lanka ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
natural history specimens ⓘ
numismatics ⓘ
paintings ⓘ
royal regalia ⓘ
sculptures ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
exhibits crown of the last King of Kandy ⓘ
throne of the last King of Kandy ⓘ
foundedBy William Henry Gregory NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCollection Buddhist religious artifacts ⓘ
Hindu religious artifacts ⓘ
ancient inscriptions ⓘ
palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ
traditional Sri Lankan jewelry ⓘ
traditional Sri Lankan masks ⓘ
hasOfficialName National Museum of Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart auditorium ⓘ
conservation laboratories ⓘ
exhibition galleries ⓘ
library ⓘ
reading room ⓘ
heritageSignificance largest museum in Sri Lanka ⓘ
one of the most important museums in Sri Lanka ⓘ
inception 1877 ⓘ
locatedIn Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy Department of National Museums (Sri Lanka) NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy Government of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicAccess yes ⓘ
region Western Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectFocus colonial-era Sri Lankan history ⓘ
post-independence Sri Lankan history ⓘ
pre-colonial Sri Lankan history ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colombo Municipal Council area → contains → Colombo National Museum ⓘ
kastane sword → foundInCollection → Colombo National Museum ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Museum of Colombo
Department of National Museums (Sri Lanka) → oversees → Colombo National Museum ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Museum of Colombo