The first Tea Plantation Workers’ Museum and Archive was established in 2007 by the Institute of Social Development. Situated in hundred year old line room (workers quarters) in the Old Peacock’s Estate in Paradeka Gampola, on the way to Nuwara-Eliya from Gampola. The Tea Plantation Workers’ Museum and Archive aims to protect and preserve the cultural heritage of the early plantation community. The museum presents the life of the early plantation community in four facets.
Paddy Museum
This museum houses traditional furniture, art items, antique books, photographs, and postcards covering two cultures – Sri Lankan and French.
Pidurangala Museum
Antiquities found at the archaeological site of Pidurangala and photographs are on display. It was declared open for the public on 13th March, 2008.
Yatala Museum
Yatala museum is a site museum and it contains antiquities found during the excavations of Yatala Dagaba and antiquities around the sacred area of Yatala stupa including various Buddha statues, carvings and inscriptions.
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Mini Museum for Raja Elephant
This museum has preserved the memories of ‘Raja’ the elephant to honor the elephant for the service. This museum is situated inside of the Temple of Tooth.
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Senarath Paranavitana Teaching and Research Museum (Peradeniya Archaeology University Museum )
This museum displays the personal items used by late professor Senerath Paranavitana and archaeological objects from Asia and the Far East.
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Mackwoods museum
Mackwoods is a historical tea factory covering over 27,000 acres of tea and rubber plantations. It was originally founded by Captain William Mackwood in 1841 during the inception of tea estates in Sri Lanka; and is the second oldest mercantile firm of the country.
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Sigiriya Museum
Regional history around sigiriya area from pre-hisotry to the reign of Kashyapa ( Such as, Clay objects, Mental arms objects,Stone antiquities and wooden objects.).The first space is the Protohistoric Gallery; the exhibits being excavated artifacts of various sorts from iron implements to pottery and terra cotta heads and figures. A replicated iron smelting kiln proves that iron was used extensively in this region of the Island, probably earlier than the 5th century AD.The second gallery represents the Buddhist Monastic Period with artifacts of that time. The third section is the story of King Kasyapa. The room dedicated to his achievements showcases Japanese technology at its most precise.The fourth gallery is the mirror wall room with the kurutu kavi or graffiti replicated exactly. Interestingly termed kurutu liyawili (scribbled writings), the graffiti are inscriptions along one portion of the rock face that climbers pass on their way to the summit.The fifth and last gallery is dedicated to etho-archeology of the Sigiriya region; in it is traced the history of archaeology and findings in Sri Lanka from early on to the present day.
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Railway Museum
The museum has old engines, locomotives, rail cars, trolleys, carriages, machineries, and equipments that used since the beginning of Sri Lanka Railway.
Photo Source: http://www.railway.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=192%3Anational-railway-museum&catid=1%3Alatest-news&lang=en
Painting Conservation & Research Center, Painting Museum
This museum is a small museum which displays collection of paintings often replica’s from wall and mural paintings from else in the country and as well as pots, ceramics and artefacts.
Photo Source: https://www.amayaresorts.com/blog/2018/11/05/the-painting-museum.html