The vibrant and commercial capital city of Colombo offers a wonderful blend of modern life and colonial ruins. The Natural History Museum, Colombo is a wonderful place to visit and know the history of the Colombo region. The city of Colombo located on the west coast of the island of Sri Lanka and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, which is known as the administrative capital of Sri Lanka. The Natural History Museum, Colombo is a division of the National Museum of Sri Lanka.
The Natural History Museum, Colombo was founded in the year of 1877 during the tenure of office of the British Colonial Governor named Sir William Henry Gregory. The Natural History Museum in Colombo is located in the centre of the city and is easily accessible. The Colombo Bandaranaike Airport is located 32 kilometers away from the centre of the city of Colombo. You will get ample taxis and buses operating in the city that will take you to several Tourist Destinations in Colombo.
The Natural History Museum of Colombo provides static display of the immense treasures of the region. A naturalist will find extensive display of diversity of life that this island has to offer. You will find here collections belonging to various subjects like science, cultural and conservation. In the science section, you will find the Entomolgy Division, Zoology Division, Botany Division, and Geology Division. The Entomolgy Division preserves a collection of over 95000 dry mounted insect specimens and over 5000 wet preserved specimens of insect. The Zoology Division is rekoned as a focal point for the National Faunal Repository in Sri Lanka as it preserves the single largest faunal collection of the country.
The Botany Division of the Natural History Museum, Colombo preserves an extensive collection of botanical specimens that comprises of over 1500 dried plant material and also includes a small wet preserved collection. The Geology Division includes a collection of items made of minerals soils, fossils and also prehistoric items. The cultural section includes Ethnology Division and Anthropology Division that displays several items like Coins and Currency, Jewellery and Silverware, Pottery, Paintings, Maps and Prints, Wood Carvings, China and Glassware and also miscellaneous Archaeological Objects.
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