Below is a list of museums in Sri Lanka . For this context, museums are defined as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
National Museum of Colombo established in 1877.
Museums of particular subjects
Terracotta Pipes, Jaffna Museum
Central Province
Kandy Royal Palace Museum (Regional)
Nalanda Museum (Site)
Pidurangala Museum (Site)
Eastern Province
Batticaloa Museum (Site)[3]
Dighavapi Museum (Regional)
Seruwila Museum (Site)
Welgam Vehera Museum (Site)
Sabaragamuwa Province
Dedigama Museum (Regional)
Steamroller at Highway museum complex in Kiribathkumbura
Aircraft on Exhibit in the main hangar of Sri Lanka Air Force Museum .
Ceylon Tea Museum , Kandy
Colombo Port Maritime Museum , Colombo
Economic History Museum , Colombo
Highway Museum , Kiribathkumbura [5]
Hoods Tower Museum , Trincomalee
International Buddhist Museum , Kandy
J. R. Jayewardene Centre , Colombo
Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum , Galle
Ambalangoda Mask Museum, Ambalangoda
Museum of Temple of Tooth , Kandy
National Telecommunication Museum, Padukka
Postal Museum , Colombo
Railway Museum , Kadugannawa [6]
S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Museum, Colombo
Sri Lanka Air Force Museum , Ratmalana
Sri Lanka Cricket Museum , Colombo
Walisinghe Harischandra Museum , Negombo
Wax Museum , Polonnaruwa
Pooranee. "Museums" . Retrieved 2 January 2016 .