Name: Maritime Archaeology Museum
Address: Queens St, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka, LK
Telephone: +94 912 245 254

Maritime Archaeology Museum is a museum, located at Queens St, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka. They can be contacted via phone at +94 912 245 254, visit their website ccf.gov.lk for more detailed information.

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Queens St, Galle 80000

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Added by Jopie, at 18 February 2017

Monday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

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Nagaharthana Ragunathan

10 May 2018

Many marine archaeology stuff to have a look at. Quite good and maintained well
MailOn TheGo

09 May 2018

If you have time to spare and it’s a rainy day, good place to go to.
Morgan O'Shea

28 April 2018

We paid our 775 rupees entry fees and were given colourful tickets. The brochure on the entrance desk said that visitors could watch a video near the entrance but it is actually downstairs in gallery 4. We had to keep asking staff until we found the location of the video and then find a staff member to start the video playing. Most staff could not speak any English. Surely when they charge foreigners such a high entrance fee, they could try to employ staff with some competence in English.
Later near the entrance a staff member came and demanded to see our tickets. He then tore our tickets in half very rudely. We had wanted to keep the tickets as a souvenir. We did not feel welcome in the museum. It was extremely hot inside and many fans were turned off.
The English translations of the descriptions under the exhibits were not written in correct English. This makes the descriptions very difficult to read for foreigners who must read that very badly written translation. I'm sure the curator could easily find an English speaking volunteer who would be willing to rewrite the descriptions in correct English free of charge.
The exhibits in the museum were quite interesting despite the problems mentioned above.
John Rice

07 March 2018

This is a very average museum—the National Museum down the street has more artifacts and better descriptions of the history of Galle and Sri Lanka. This museum has plenty of signage, but the English translations are of poor quality. The artifacts on display are impressive and reflect the maritime history of the area, but there just aren’t many of them. The intro video also doesn’t really give you the scope you need to appreciate the museum, although the bit about the sunken Dutch ship is really interesting. The entrance fee is a little high, again in comparison to the other nearby museums.
Keerthi Samarasinghe

01 March 2018

These items could have presented more interesting manner. Not very informative. But there are lots of things to see including a submerged ship residuals.
SS Gill

28 January 2018

Showcases the maritime history of Srilanka. Interesting objects not purely maritime in nature but also those related to the maritime history. Exhibits have descriptive plaques. Still photography is permitted. Admission fee is reduces for visitors from SAARC countries.
Amit Chhajer

28 January 2018

They had discount rates for indians! yey! Though not sure why. It was a good museum with detailed explanation of things. As you enter watch the small movie which gives a good background of things you are about to see.

Its a small museum and won't take you more than 20-25 minutes.

Good visit in Galle.
Arun Kumar

19 January 2018

The museum is cozy and nice. There are two entrances but the main one is on the top. The ticket for foreigners are priced at 5$ and for locals 50rs. It's worth the price though. As soon as you get in you see a large model of a ship. The museum experience starts with a detailed video about the Galle fort and the bays around and then about the maritime archeological finds. Then you go to the museum and it's four sections. Each with a bit of difference but same ambience. You get a brief history about everything. The bottleneck finds look really intriguing. On the ground floor you'll see the spoils from the ship and the huge anchor, cannon and such. It's a nice experience if you are in Galle fort.
Dushan Chanuka

01 January 2018

An interesting place but quite lack the no of exhibits as well as information is not properly presented
Botasky Minaj

30 December 2017

You hardly believe there's a such modern and interesting museum here. All facilities are new and exhibitions are of great interest. USD5 as tickets is not cheap but fair. Pity that we only had 15mins while it worth spending an hour to explore.
Amal Mohan

05 December 2017

Very tiny museum. Not too much of information. Not at all worth the cost of entry. You can safely skip this.
Iantothomas

29 October 2017

Interesting place. Starts with a video detailing many of the discoveries in the local seas and bays (This is in a chilled room and can play havoc with camera lenses!). Great galleries with finds of various ages, including icons and statues washed up in the tsunami of 2004. Well worth a visit (there is a charge).
Tharindu Prasad

13 October 2017

Lot of stufs to watch. Parts of ancient ships which were sunk around Galle habour can be seen here. Photographs, ancient coins, pots, liquor bottles, animals skeletons, etc are also conserved here. It may take up to 5 hours if you are watch those carefully.
Ravindu Hettiarachchi

09 September 2017

Nice musium with marine exhibits. Iconic building. Inforelative.
Nick Morris

26 August 2017

Nice little museum give you some information about the area. The exhibits and layout of the museum were good and the building itself is also nice.
Nava K

10 July 2017

Reopened as the country’s first National Maritime Archaeology Museum on March 2010 and after suffering from the December 2014 Tsunami, it's original Dutch warehouse building was fully renovated under a special grant from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The new museum now has dual access - the upper level entry linked with the present main gate, while the lower level access has reinstated the position of building as a prominent gateway.

Apart from showcasing exhibits of marine artefacts found in underwater explorations, there are maps, naval craft, ropes, earthenware, beer mugs, smoking pipes, barrels, vast amount of articles including artillery guns and sailor shoes. These artefacts, some of which nearly are 800 years old were recovered from ship wrecks from the sea off the Southern coast. Absolutely, we enjoyed the knowledgeable and interesting walk throughout in the museum.
Pavithra S Jayawickrama

13 May 2017

Another wonderful museum in Sri lanakaall kinds of tourists can visit here and can see valuable artifacts which founded from underwater. Not only that we can see lots of ancient inscriptions which are regarding with underwater And also there is lots of artifacts of advondster ship
Vidusuru Karunadasa

02 April 2017

No water in water parlour. No good bathroom facilities. Cafeteria was closed on Sunday
terrible place. But I liked it because it was a good place and I learnt a lot about maritime archeology there
Salochana De Silva

08 March 2017

Only maritime museum in the country. Lot of stuff there to you at it. Very helpful staff "
Ilankovan Thushyantha

02 March 2017

This museum preserves many interesting monuments of ancient Sri Lanka. It feels like we just lived in the past when we see those nicely arranged remains and illustrations of the ancient life style.
Anuradha Piyadasa

25 February 2017

This museum is one of the popular tourist attractions in the Galle, which was started in 2010 by Central Cutural Fund.

This museum tells the story of Sri Lanka through the maritime archaeological findings around the country.

This museum is very Spacious compared to other museums in Sri Lanka and has good description boards.

There is an audio visual room and conference hall inside the museum. If you want to see a small video about Maritime Archaeology in Sri Lanka, please ask at the front desk.

There is a Central Cultural Fund book and replica shop. You can buy books published by the Central Cultural Fund and replicas of popular Sri Lanka archaeological monuments created by the well trained craftmans of Bataliya Replica Center of Central Cutural Fund.

The canteen inside the museum is not functioning.

The museum is closed on Poya day and public holidays.