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 Museums administered by the Department of Museums
National Museums
Museums of particular subjects
Museums administered by the Department of Archaeology
North Central Province
North Western Province
Central Province
- Kandy Royal Palace Museum (Regional)
- Nalanda Museum (Site)
- Pidurangala Museum (Site)
Eastern Province
- Batticaloa Museum (Site)
- Dighavapi Museum (Regional)
- Seruwila Museum (Site)
- Welgam Vehera Museum (Site)
Western Province
Southern Province
Northern Province
Uva Province
Sabaragamuwa Province
- Dedigama Museum (Regional)
Museums of particular subjects administered by the institutions of those subjects
- Ceylon Tea Museum, Kandy
- Colombo Port Maritime Museum, Colombo
- Economic History Museum, Colombo
- Highway Museum, Kiribathkumbura
- 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
- 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
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