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National Museum of Colombo
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/National_Museum_of_Colombo
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:museum
gptkbp:address
gptkb:Sir_Marcus_Fernando_Mawatha,_Colombo_7
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Colombo_National_Museum
gptkbp:annualVisitors
hundreds of thousands annually
gptkbp:architecturalStyle
Italian architecture
gptkbp:buildingCompleted
1877
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:director
gptkb:Sanuja_Kasthuriarachchi
gptkbp:established
1877
gptkbp:founder
gptkb:Sir_William_Henry_Gregory
gptkbp:governingBody
gptkb:Department_of_National_Museums_(Sri_Lanka)
gptkbp:hasChildren'sMuseum
yes
gptkbp:hasLibrary
yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
National Museum of Colombo
gptkbp:latitude
6.9271
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Colombo
gptkbp:longitude
79.8612
gptkbp:notableCollection
gptkb:art
archaeology
natural history
cultural artifacts
gptkbp:notableExhibit
gptkb:Crown_and_throne_of_the_Kandyan_monarchs
gptkb:Regalia_of_Sri_Lankan_kings
Buddhist artifacts
Ancient palm-leaf manuscripts
gptkbp:publicTransit
gptkb:Colombo_Fort_Railway_Station
gptkbp:significance
houses national heritage collections
largest museum in Sri Lanka
gptkbp:type
gptkb:museum
gptkbp:website
http://www.museum.gov.lk/
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Colombo,_Sri_Lanka
gptkb:Colombo
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5