Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum Complex, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
4.5 (186 reviews) Sunday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent Ranking #4 in Galle District Speciality Museums
Worth to visit there
This museum is situated on the Galle-Matara main road in Koggala. There are two parts here: Folk museum and house of Martin Wickramasinghe. It is the ancestral home of the renowned Sri Lankan writer and poet Martin Wickramasinghe (1890-1976) where he lived with his family. The surviving part of the house has been converted into a museum complex displaying artifacts, photographs, awards and souvenirs of great writer. This house was the only remains of old Koggala village as all other was razed to the ground in 1942 to make way for an air force base. Visitors can view his life story by photos displayed at museum. The folk museum exhibits the life of southern Sri Lankans: Life of fishermen, traditional cuisine, Kolam masks, colonial crockery, ancient jewellery etc. No photographs allowed inside the museum but can get at Wickramasinghe house. Tombs of Mr. and Mrs. Wickramasinghe are also situated here. There is a book stall of Martin Wickramasinghe at the entrance.
Address
Galle - Matara Main Road Koggala, Galle 80000 Sri Lanka
Mobile
Website
http://lakpura.com/pages/martin-wickramasinghe-folk-museum-complex
Working hours
Monday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 4:06
User Ratings
4.5 based on (186 reviews)
Reviews
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5Kanishka Herath 5:00 PM Mar 6, 2023
Place to experience Sri Lankan culture / traditions in low country
Place was the home of greatest author of Sri Lanka Martin Wickramasinghe. Further there is a museum relating to his life and traditional culture of Sri Lanka. Specialy foreigners must visit this place if you want to enjoy the culture of Sri Lankans.
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4Ratna K 5:00 PM May 14, 2012
good place to learn about Srilankan Heritage
This was originally started as the Martin Wickramasinghe Memorial museum in His ancestral home. Now it covers a lot of aspects of Sri Lankan heritage with sprawling complex of buildings displays some working replicas of the past. The Original Museum is there displaying about the life of the great Sinhala Author Martin Wickramasinghe. In Addition you can see the old Fishing Boats, Bullock carts, Horse drawn carts and few elephant carts as well which covers most of the ancient modes of transport. Then they have huge collection of industrial and domestic equipment used in the past. One should see exhibit is the ancient steel manufacturing system displayed there. Also some weapons of war too can be seen. They have also built and operate working replicas of village blacksmiths workshop, a weaving mill, Coconut oil refinery, and few other old village industries. They also have a sort of picnic grounds so if you come up with packed lunch or picnic basket you can enjoy it there as well.
