National Museum of Galle
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Timings : Tuesday to Saturday - 9 AM to 5 PM
Entry Fee : LKR 300
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Occupying a single-storey colonnaded mansion built in 1656, the National Museum of Galle is Galle Fort’s oldest remaining Dutch building. The museum upholds Sri Lanka’s Portuguese, Chinese and Dutch heritage with displays of traditional furniture, weapons, turtle shell ware, ebony, ivory, melamine and bronzeware, lacework, statuettes, gold-plated life-size statues of Chinese Admiral Zheng He and Faxian.
The museum has three galleries. The first gallery displays Sri Lanka wooden masks, lacework items, and turtle shell jewelry. The second gallery showcases Dutch furniture and weapons, and the third gallery is the newest one showcasing items from trade between China and Sri Lanka. However, the highlight of the museum is the building itself.
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