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  2. National Museum of Natural History, Colombo - Wikipedia

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    It was established on September 23, 1986 and became only one museum in Sri Lanka that represents natural history and natural heritage. [ 1 ] The National Museum of Natural History exhibits rare and threatened with extinction such as natural heritage of plant and animal species endemic to Sri Lanka, over 5,000 specimens of mammals, jurassic ...

  3. Colombo National Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Colombo National Museum, also known as the Sri Lanka National Museum, is a museum in Colombo and the largest in Sri Lanka.Founded in 1877 and maintained by the Department of National Museums, it holds collections of significant importance to Sri Lanka, such as the regalia of the Kandyan monarchs, as well as many other exhibits relating the country's cultural and natural heritage.

  4. List of museums in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    National Museum of Colombo established in 1877.. Below is a list of museums in Sri Lanka. For this context, museums are defined as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

  5. National Science Library and Resource Centre - Wikipedia

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    National Science Library and Resource Centre (NSLRC) (Sinhala: ජාතික විද්‍යා පුස්තකාලය හා සම්පත් මධ්‍යස්ථානය -ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, jātika vidyā pustakālaya hā sampat madhyasthānaya -śrī laṁkāva) of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka is a library, the National Focal Point for the ...

  6. Mohan Munasinghe - Wikipedia

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    Mohan Munasinghe is a Sri Lankan physicist, engineer and economist with a focus on energy, water resources, sustainable development and climate change.He was the 2021 Blue Planet Prize Laureate, and Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice-President of the United States Al Gore. [1]

  7. Department of National Museums - Wikipedia

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    The Department of National Museums is a non-ministerial government department in Sri Lanka responsible for maintaining the National Museums. There are other museum in the country run by the Department of Archaeology and the Central Cultural Fund, Sri Lanka .

  8. Sri Lanka opens underwater museum [Video]

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    This one just opened in Sri Lanka complete with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Location: Galle It was made to // attract tourists, regenerate coral, and boost fish numbers // The museum was built by ...

  9. National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka fulfills a number of roles; promoting the dissemination of scientific knowledge, recognizing excellence in science, supporting outstanding science, providing scientific advice for policy, fostering international and global cooperation, education and public engagement and recognizing outstanding ...