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Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Museum· Tourist attraction

Colombo Port Maritime Museum Reviews | Rating 3.9 out of 5 stars (8 reviews)

Colombo Port Maritime Museum is located in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 19 Chaithya Rd. Colombo Port Maritime Museum is rated 3.9 out of 5 in the category museum in Sri Lanka.

Address

19 Chaithya Rd

Phone

+94 112421201

Amenities

Good for kidsNo restaurant

Accessibility

Wheelchair-accessible car park

Open hours

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King Jo

Maritime Museum is the only museum which aware the public on marine biological and anthropological aspects of Southern coastal area. It is located in the old Dutch ware house of the fort of Galle, built in 1671. The museum was open to the public on 9th May 1992. Aftermath of Tsunami on 26th December 2004, the museum was completely destroyed and all the expositions were damaged. Under Sri Lanka – Netherlands Cultural Co-operation Program, the Royal Government of Netherlands provided financial assistance for reconstruction of the Maritime Museum. After 3 years period of reconstruction, now the Maritime Museum has opened to the public. The first gallery depicts the types of watercrafts used in passenger transport and maritime trading in Southern Sri Lanka. The traditional life style of fishing communities and such fishing techniques are displayed with attractive models and replicas. The second Gallery is focused on marine eco systems and their flora and fauna. Models of mangroves, sea shore plants, turtles, sea birds and marine mammals are displayed with their taxonomic details. Specimens of corals, marine shells and some invertebrates can be observed in the exhibition while a large skeleton of a Whale mounted in the roof giving you a wonderful experience. The Maritime Museum is serving as a centre of education for various groups of visitors and researchers of Southern region.

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Kasun Kumarasena

The Museum tells the story of the origins of Colombo and its maritime and trading history. Whilst most of Europe was living in mud huts with thatched roofs the Sri Lankans in Colombo were busy running an international trading business.The Maritime Museum is open every day from 10am to 7pm.

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Joash Jesurun Alfred Jeevaranjan

Contains a timely history of the country #SriLanka. Visited over 3 times but never bored out..

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avantha polwatte

This place provides you the history of Sri Lanka ports and technology used there. Even though it is still under repairs you could enjoy it.

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Shaun Zelber

Visited with the kids.. It is kind of in bad repair and not maintained.. but still they enjoyed and had a good time. It is cool to see the images on second floor or the port in colonial times. Colombo was like this little England. The best part is it is free.. Nice outing with kids

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Subash Ghosh

Very well maintained maritime musuem

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Chamara Priyanka

Important museum..

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Thushan vlogs

Very good place of Colombo habour.. Long history details in that..

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