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Archaeological Museum, Jaffna

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Established
  
1978

Type
  
History

Phone
  
+94 21 2 224125

Location
  
Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Address
  
Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Archaeological Museum, Jaffna

Hours
  
Closed today TuesdayClosedWednesday8AM–4:45PMThursday8AM–4:45PMFriday8AM–4:45PMSaturday8AM–4:45PMSunday8AM–4:45PMMonday8AM–4:45PM

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Jaffna Archaeological Museum is located in Nallur, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The land was given to museum by Arumuga Navalar Foundation, and front portion has Navalar Cultural Hall. The museum houses a rare collection of antiquities. Buddhist and Hindu religious collection are in big collection, which are in various forms of metal, wood and stone. The excellent collections begin in time from the period of ancient period Sri Lanka to the colonial era. Also, some of the archaeological excavations findings of Kandarodai can seen at this museum.

References

Archaeological Museum, Jaffna Wikipedia