Nature

Progress at Colombo Museum

THE building of a new west wing, a new isolated archæological gallery for stone remains, and a small building for tho entomologists' department and reserve collections, has provided nearly 13,000 ...
Island

Dutch to formally return Lankan artefacts at two-day event at Colombo Museum

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 Sunday Times

Blue whale skeleton moves to the new Osteology Gallery at the Colombo Museum

The ‘whale’ synonymous with the Colombo Museum has now shifted to the new Osteology Gallery of the Natural History Museum, which will be open to the public from today. This new addition to the Natural ...
Nature

The Colombo Museum

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 ...