After a two-year, nearly $70 million renovation and expansion, the world's first museum devoted exclusively to art made by women, in Washington, D.C., has reopened.

Colombo National Museum became very popular amongst locals as well as foreigners alike by 1940. Its branches were opened in Jaffna, Kandy and Ratnapura by the first Sri Lankan Museum Director Dr.

The looted objects being returned to Sri Lanka include the Cannon of Kandy, a ceremonial weapon made of bronze, silver and gold, and inlaid with rubies.

A section of the exposed murals is displayed in the temple's tightly guarded museum, which says they date back to between 1707 and 1739, a period when Kandy was the seat of the monarchy that ruled ...

Established as the Colombo Museum in 1877, the Colombo National Museum is the main museum in the country that exhibits a plethora of artefacts representing Sri Lanka's rich history and ancient ...

Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.

Pathum Nissanka and Sohan de Livera slammed unbeaten tons for Kandy on day one against Dambulla in the four-day National Super League cricket tournament encounter played at the Rangiri Dambulla ...

He ruled Kandy till 1815, after which he was exiled by the British. He, along with a few of his family members, were taken as royal prisoners and imprisoned in Vellore Fort in 1816.

The barrel is decorated with the symbols of the King of Kandy: A sun, a half-moon and a Sinhalese lion. The cannon has been in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, the national museum of art and ...

Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation of Friday's display of a prized relic that will be shown to the public for the first time in 16 ...