Name: Gem Museum
Address: 43 Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 00300, Sri Lanka, LK
Telephone: +94 77 230 3424

Gem Museum is a jewelry store, located at 43 Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 00300, Sri Lanka. They can be contacted via phone at +94 77 230 3424, visit their website www.gemsofsrilanka.com for more detailed information.

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43 Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 00300

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Added by Jopie, at 15 May 2016

Monday 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Tuesday 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Wednesday 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Thursday 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Friday 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, 1:45 – 7:30 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM

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Bob Myers

27 February 2018

Very competent and authoritative staff, friendly, honest advice staff did not push for sales very good rates/prices!!
Anup Sriram

14 February 2018

It's a shop and not a museum. All guides take you there as they get paid to take you there. It's simply a private shop selling jewels and paying commission to guides and tour agencies who bring tourists there. Save your time and money.
Amith Sriram

13 February 2018

Tourist trap alert!
The name “Gem Museum” is a misnomer. It’s a jeweller’s and not anywhere close to being called a museum. Setting up a tiny depiction of a mine doesn’t qualify something to be called itself a gem museum, no matter how much the owner tries to defend the claim by appealing to the amount they invested in creating what they call “a piece of art”. The owner’s claim that it is for educational purpose doesn’t make any sense either. It is evident to all that the naming is to deceive tourists into believing that it is a museum, while it is a shop selling gems, with all tour operators getting commission to take tourists there. Their frustration of being exposed in these reviews is shown in the form of frantic efforts by the owner to justify the “museum” naming. Just look at the rude replies given by them in response to those reviews in which visitors have decently pointed out that it’s not a museum but a shop, and that it is a tourist trap. I’m sure the owner will come up with some lame excuse to this review as well, let alone being rude. It’s ironic that they rudely ask such visitors to be polite in their reviews. Our guide from Hayleys conceded that he receives commission for taking people there, though I am not aware whether Hayleys approves of this.

In one of the replies, the owner justifies his method saying that in places like the London Tower Castle, visitors pay an entrance fee but yet there’s merchandise sold there, and that he doesn’t charge an entrance fee. Oh, how generous of the owner to not charge an entrance fee to enter his museum!! Is the owner not aware that the London Castle Tower is a landmark historical monument, while his is a private jewel shop? Is he underestimating the intelligence of the visitors by comparing his method with that done at historical sites? We aren’t that naïve to buy that argument.
A private shop is NOT a museum. And paying guides to bring people to your shop, telling them that they are being taken to a museum, is deception.
Snehasish Das

25 January 2018

Not exactly a museum! It's basically a shop and the guys who are there to take you on a "tour" are only interested in selling their merchandise. Worth a visit only if you are interested in buying gems / jewellery. nothing educational like a museum is expected to be!
JERRIN THOMAS

19 December 2017

A good place to buy authenticate srilankan sapphires that is if you have dollars to spare
Praven Naidu

16 December 2017

Beautiful stones and jewelery. Lots of different styles n colours to choose from.
Anthony Shane Pereira

18 November 2017

Excellent collection of Sri Lankan gems & jewellery at very reasonable prices with certificates
Izzath Hani

22 October 2017

Excellence Services
Akila Sannasgala

21 October 2017

Bought a 2.09 karat King Sapphire (Padparacha) from this lot of stones they showed me. Since it was for my horoscope the kind gentlemen there helped me to purchase the right one. Although they were too busy and crowded on a Saturday, they spent time with me to explain very well.
Definitely would recommend it as a safe place to put your trust on.
Benjamin Lau

24 August 2017

Yes it is a tourist trap. This place mainly sells semi precious stones, gems and jewellery. They try to make it look somewhat educational by having displays of how stones are refined and even had the stairway look like you're entering a mine. They carry variety of gems and typically in Sri Lanka, various types of sapphire. There's even a small tea coffee and spice section where they whisk you off to if they can't get you to buy gems. Tea and coffee here look old and somewhat dubious so I'll recommend you avoid buying any here as there are plenty of refined teas stores around.
Guides and drivers might bring you here so they get paid a little but the guys here are just trying to make a living as of everyone else and besides, they're not that pushy and are friendly even though you explicitly say that you will not be buying anything. You can just browse around and if something is really fancies you, negotiate on the price. Otherwise think of it entirely as a Sri Lankan experience also ;)
Sanjaya Narangoda

11 June 2017

Trustful place where you can buy gems and jewelleries
B P_e

31 March 2017

Notice the other 3 positive reviewers probably work here. Tourist trap. Don't go
Rajiv Ramanjani

10 December 2016

They are desperate to sell their stuff
Prasadi Vimarshani

04 November 2016

One of the Best place to visit for tourists to buy gems and jewelleries
Varun Bhide

20 September 2016

Good depiction of gem mining!
Insaf Meeran

22 May 2016

Purchase your certified genuine gems and jewellery for reasonable prices from here.