Department of National Museums

Ethnology Division

There are over one million of museum objects existing in various fields related to the Ethnology Division of the Department of National Museums, and they are categorised in materialise and subjects wise as follows.

	1.					Coins and Currency
	2.					Stone antiquities
	3.					Jewellery and Silverware
	4.					Steel Implements
	5.					Pottery
	6.					Brassware
	7.					Bronze ware
	8.					Arms and Weapons
	9.					Ivory Objects
	10.					Paintings, Maps and Prints
	11.					Textile
	12.					Wood Carvings
	13.					Lacquered and Wooden Objects
	14.					Ola and Writing Materials
	15.					Furniture
	16.					China and Glassware
	17.					Miscellaneous Archaeological Objects

The main functions of the division are collecting objects related with ethnology, carrying out research works on the above collections and publishing them on various subjects, based on Ethnology and Archaeology as well as mounting permanent, temporary and Mobile Exhibitions and Presentation of Educational programs on various subjects in the fields of Ethnology.

Contact Details

Name	:	Mr. Senarath Wickramasinghe
Designation	:	Additional Director General (SLSS)
Tel. No.	:	0094 112 667750
E-mail	:	easenarath@yahoo.com




		Image Gallery : Ethnology Division