Colombo National Museum

Admission ticket to the Colombo National Museum	Colombo National Musuem, established in 1877	Colombo National Musuem	Sign in front of the Colombo National Musuem
Sir William Gregory, Governor of Ceylon 1872-1877	Colombo National Musuem with the statue of Governor Sir William Gregory	Colombo National Musuem, Sri Lanka	A second visit to the museum in 2012 after a major renovation of the ground floor exhibits
Buddha Image from Toluvila (800 AD)	Standing Buddha - solid cast bronze, 9-10th C. AD	Tallest solid cast bronze Buddha in Sri Lanka	9-10th C. Buddha showing deterioration
9-10th C. Buddha showing deterioration	Map of the Historic Sites of Sri Lanka coded by era	Room 2 - Anuradhapura Period 5th C. BC to 1055 AD	Vajrapani Bodhisattva, 9th C. AD
Replica of the 8th C. Buddha image from Wallipuram-Jaffna	Standing Buddha, 8th C, Kurunegala	Carved marble plaque with 3 Buddha images, 7th C. AD, Pidurangala-Sigiriya	Interpretation of Queen Maya's Dream
Queen Maya's Dream, 2-3rd C. AD, Andhra Pradesh (India)	The goddess Tara, 9-10th C. AD, Thalampitiya, Kurunegala	Standing Buddha, 9th C. AD, Medavachiya-Anuradhapura District	Reproduction of a Buddhist fresco
Standing Buddha, 9th C. AD, Veheragala-Anuradhapura District	Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Tiriyaya, 9th C. AD	Seated Buddha in Virasana posture, ca 9th C. AD, Veheragala-Anuradhapura District	The Buddha in Samadhi Pose, 10th C, Iccankalama,-Anuradhapura District
Preaching Buddha seated in virasana posture, ca 6th C. AD, Badulla	Stupa Relic Chamber, symbolic of Mt. Meru	Avalokitesvara, ca 9th C, Vehergala-Anuradhapura District	The Mahayana Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is the emanation of the Dhyani Buddha Amitabha
Avalokitesvara represents the compassionate savior of beings in this aeon and a curer of disease	Bodhisattva Maitreya standing in a relaxed tivanka posture with right hand displaying katakahasta and left varadamudra, 9-10th C	Guard Stone, 12th C. AD	Guard Stone, 12th C. AD
Reproductions of Buddhist frescos from the cave shrine at Gal Vihara	Room 3 - Polonnaruva Period (1055-1235 AD)	Photograph of the Reclining Buddha of Gal Viharaya at Polonnaruwa, Colombo National Museum	Siva in a relaxed posture after performing the Tandava Dance, 12 C., Polonnaruva
Siva-Nataraja dances while trampling the demon Muyalaka, 12-13th C, Polonnaruva	Sundaramurtiswami, one of the Saivu saints, 11-12th C., Polonnaruva	One of the Saiva Saints (Siva-Bhaktas), 12th C, Polonnaruva	Sword of Buvanekabahu of Yapahuva
Reliquary (Uda-Aludeniya)	Chinese Ceramic Ware, 14-19th C.	Chinese Ceramic Ware, 14-19th C.	Malay Daggers, Colombo National Museum
Brass Tray Depicting Kandy Perahara	Arecanut Slicers - Colombo National Museum	Hindu Images Uma-sahita-Siva, 13-14th C.	Samadhi Buddha statue under Maikara Arch, 17-18th C.
Carved ivory door frame decorations	Ivory ceremonial objects	ColomboApr12 304.jpg	Throne of King Wimaladharmasuriya II - 1693
Insignia Ring	The Royal Seat was used by 6 kings up to Sri Vickrama Rajasinha, the last King of Sri Lanka, deposed by the British in 1815	ColomboApr12 309.jpg	Throne of the Kings of Kandy, National Musem
Detail of the Throne of the Kings of Kandy	Gilded bronze Buddha in meditative attitude from Purana, 18th C.	Fragment of a carved base of building, Anuradhapura	Recumbent Buddha, 18-19th C, Kandy
King Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe, the last king of Sri Lanka	Speculative Family Tree, Colombo National Museum	Prehistoric Man, Colombo National Museum	Prehistoric Man, Colombo National Museum
Banyan Tree, Colombo National Museum	Colombo National Museum, Sri Lanka	Seated Buddha on the grounds of the Colombo National Museum	Sub Post Office, Colombo National Museum
Mask, National Museum	Mask, National Museum	Mask, National Museum	Demon, National Museum
Frescoe, National Museum	Frescoe, National Museum	Frescoe, National Museum	Ornamental Sri Lankan Swords, National Museum
Jeweled Sword, National Musem	Swords, National Museum	A gift from the UAE to Sri Lanka	Hindu bronze statue, National Museum