Kotte Museum (Sinhalese: කෝට්ටේ කෞතුකාගාරය) is an archaeological Museum in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka. It is located at Bangala junction in Ethul Kotte, on the Borella-Pitakotte main road. The museum serves as the regional museum for Western Province of the country and is maintained by Archaeological department of Sri Lanka. The museum was first established in 1992 as E. W. Perera Memorial Museum in Ihala Walawwa,[1] the residence of late politician E. W. Perera and was declared open for the public in 1995. The museum building is consisted of five exhibition rooms and used to display variety of archaeological antiquities recovered from Kotte and its surrounding area. They include various regional flags, clothing, statues, coins, swords, knives, guns, weapons, pottery, maps and a collection of items used by E. W. Perera and items donated by Douglas Ranasinghe.

Open everyday except Tuesdays. Closed specially on April 13th,14th and 1st of May. Archeological exhibits of Kotte era can be observed. No entrance fee is charged and the staff is supportive. There is a archeological publications stall as well.

Kotte Museum is an archaeological Museum in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka. It is located at Bangala junction in Ethul Kotte, on the Borella-Pitakotte main road. The museum serves as the regional museum for Western Province of the country and is maintained by Archaeological department of Sri Lanka. The museum was first established in 1992 as E. W. Perera Memorial Museum in Ihala Walawwa, the residence of late politician E. W. Perera and was declared open for the public in 1995. The museum building is consisted of five exhibition rooms and used to display variety of archaeological antiquities recovered from Kotte and its surrounding area. They include various regional flags, clothing, statues, coins, swords, knives, guns, weapons, pottery, maps and a collection of items used by E. W. Perera and items donated by Douglas Ranasinghe. Not an ancient stuff kind of a museum

This small museum, located in an old house, isn't well known and neither is the Kingdom of Kotte. Most of the palace and other structures were destroyed by the Portuguese but Colombo's ever expanding development has seen further destruction of what was left and even encroachment on the ruins. I couldn't get good photos of the artefacts on display but the posters give a lot of useful information about the Kingdom of Kotte.

Not crowded at all. Good place to study old Sri lankan flags and guns. There is a small archaeology library and book shop.

(Translated by Google) This museum is located at the Bangalore junction in Pitakotte. A private lawyer in Kotte, a private lawyer and a social worker, E.W. Perera, the private building, was donated to the Department of Archeology and it is presently used as an archaeological museum in the Kotte era. (Original) පිටකෝට්ටේ බංගලා හංදියේ මෙම කෞතුකාගාරය පිහිටා ඇත. කෝට්ටේ විසූ ප්‍රබල ප්‍රකට නීතිඥයෙකු හා සමාජ සේවකයෙකු වූ ඊ.ඩබ්: පෙරේරා මැතිතුමාගේ පෞද්ගලික නිවස වූ මෙම ගොඩනැගිල්ල එතුමා විසින් පසු කළෙකදී පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට පරිත්‍යාග කරන ලදුව වර්තමානයේ දී එය කෝට්ටේ යුගයේ තොරතුරු හා කෞතුක භාණ්ඩ ඇතුලත් පුරාවිද්‍යා කෞතුකාගාරයක්ක ලෙස භාවිතා කෙරේ.

Good to have something of the kotte kingdom

Good place to get knowledge about Kotte kingdom period in Sri Lanka. .. there is lots of valuable artifacts that shows archaeological evidences in Kotte ..

Sacred Kotte kingdom

Few artefacts are available. If you like history it would be fun. No photos allowed unless you have prior approval. Entrance free.

A very attractive place for people who seek information. A good collection of artifacts. It’s free and worthwhile visiting. There is a bookshop where you can buy many books published by department of archaeology

A lot to see though its a small museum.

Small place but worth the visit. Can part the vehicle inside. Entrance free.

Small but very informative collection.. Visit this place if you are a museum person.. This has a nice collection of old flags in sri lanka. Old textiles and ancient artifacts belongings to kotte eara.. photos are not allowed. The name of E.W. Perera cannot be forgotten in the resurgence of the state of Kotte. Not only that, he donated the house where the Kotte Urumaya museum is located, but he also gave the initial direction for the preservation of many treasures in Kotte. And there are some small library also there with several archiology books in the museum. In this pace you can study about Flags. Architectur of Kotte Era. Money and Economy. Specially you can learn about late E. W. Perera which was a National Hero who has contributed a lot towards the country

Archaeological museum for kotte era. Lots of Man made artifacts represents of kotte kingdom .

Unexpected but my children loved the exhibit here

(Translated by Google) No logesan (Original) 沒有logesan

Good museum about our ancient people

Informative. One should definitely visit to learn more about the Kotte kingdom.

Small museum but informative. Staff is very helful.

Very informative. Good place to be.

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Most under visited place in Kotte. It's all about history

Nice place

I think everyone in the area must visit this place.

Good

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