2022
This is the second meetup hosted in Sri Lanka in parallel with the “Local Guide Monument Month”, a great initiative by @BishowvijayaP in the month of September.
The National Museum of Sri Lanka is the first and the largest museum in Sri Lanka. It was established on January 01, 1877 and it was then called Colombo Museum. The founder was Sir William Henry Gregory, the British Governor of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) at that time.
The Royal Asiatic Society (CB) was instrumental in bringing to the notice of Gregory on his appointment as Governor in 1872 the need for a public museum with much difficulty the approval of the legislative council was obtained within a year. The Architect of the Public Works Department, J.G. Smither was able to prepare the plans for the new structure on Italian architectural style. The construction was completed in 1876 and the Museum commenced it functions in the following year.
The main aim of the photo walk is to take some good photos of the monuments in the National Museum and post them on Google Maps to help visitors.
Seedra from Anuradhapura Local Guides called me yesterday and she said she would participate the National Museum meetup. I just called her in the morning around 7.30 to see whether she is coming or not. She answered and said she is already in Colombo. She might have boarded a bus around 4.00 in the morning from Anuradhapura, which is about 250 km away from Colombo. Thank you Seedra for your dedication.
This is the spirit of a true local guide.
Thank you Vijai for turning up for this meetup.
We started the photo walk around 9.05 in the morning. First, we bought entrance tickets. We asked for a camera permits and they informed us since they have increased the ticket price we do not have to buy a separate permit to take still photographs, but for the video, they charge Rs. 2000/=.
As we enter the museum we saw a nice Buddha Statue, which called Tholuvila Buddha Statue and it belongs to the 4th or 5th Century AD. This statue will make you calm. We noticed most of the employers of the museum worshipped this statue before they start the work. We took some photographs at the entrance and then moved to the Prehistoric gallery.
We took some photos of skeletons, burials, etc and while taking photos we learnt a lot about these artefacts, which can be considered as monuments.
Then we moved to the Anuradhapura period gallery which houses some beautiful statues.
After seeing this gallery, we went to the canteen of the museum as Seedra was hungry and we had some snacks and Seedra had her breakfast. See the RECAP video for more.... 🙂
After the break, we went to the Polonnaruwa gallery and there we found some attractive Hindu statues.
Finally, we went to the Kandyan period gallery, which houses the Throne of Kandyan Kings. In this gallery, you will find some beautiful Ivory items.
It was around 12.30 pm we decided to go the Colombo International Book Fair and meet again in a Google Local Guides meetup. 🙂
The Google Photo Album - National Museum Photo Walk
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@IlankovanT @TraciC @BishowvijayaP @NareshDarji @OSAMA @vijaih @TaralaNayanaD Have a look...
@AnuradhaP Amazing Photos wow and the Throne of Kandyan Kings.in side a glass room to preserve right?
@AnuradhaP wrote:
This is the second meetup hosted in Sri Lanka in parallel with the “Local Guide Monument Month”, a great initiative by @BishowvijayaP in the month of September.
The National Museum of Sri Lanka is the first and the largest museum in Sri Lanka. It was established on January 01, 1877 and it was then called Colombo Museum. The founder was Sir William Henry Gregory, the British Governor of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) at that time.
The Royal Asiatic Society (CB) was instrumental in bringing to the notice of Gregory on his appointment as Governor in 1872 the need for a public museum with much difficulty the approval of the legislative council was obtained within a year. The Architect of the Public Works Department, J.G. Smither was able to prepare the plans for the new structure on Italian architectural style. The construction was completed in 1876 and the Museum commenced it functions in the following year.
The main aim of the photo walk is to take some good photos of the monuments in the National Museum and post them on Google Maps to help visitors.
Seedra from Anuradhapura Local Guides called me yesterday and she said she would participate the National Museum meetup. I just called her in the morning around 7.30 to see whether she is coming or not. She answered and said she is already in Colombo. She might have boarded a bus around 4.00 in the morning from Anuradhapura, which is about 250 km away from Colombo. Thank you Seedra for your dedication.
This is the spirit of a true local guide.
Thank you Vijai for turning up for this meetup.
We started the photo walk around 9.05 in the morning. First, we bought entrance tickets. We asked for a camera permits and they informed us since they have increased the ticket price we do not have to buy a separate permit to take still photographs, but for the video, they charge Rs. 2000/=.
As we enter the museum we saw a nice Buddha Statue, which called Tholuvila Buddha Statue and it belongs to the 4th or 5th Century AD. This statue will make you calm. We noticed most of the employers of the museum worshipped this statue before they start the work. We took some photographs at the entrance and then moved to the Prehistoric gallery.
We took some photos of skeletons, burials, etc and while taking photos we learnt a lot about these artefacts, which can be considered as monuments.
Then we moved to the Anuradhapura period gallery which houses some beautiful statues.
After seeing this gallery, we went to the canteen of the museum as Seedra was hungry and we had some snacks and Seedra had her breakfast. See the RECAP video for more.... 🙂
After the break, we went to the Polonnaruwa gallery and there we found some attractive Hindu statues.
Finally, we went to the Kandyan period gallery, which houses the Throne of Kandyan Kings. In this gallery, you will find some beautiful Ivory items.
It was around 12.30 pm we decided to go the Colombo International Book Fair and meet again in a Google Local Guides meetup. 🙂
The Google Photo Album - National Museum Photo Walk
T
@IlankovanT @TraciC @BishowvijayaP @NareshDarji @OSAMA @vijaih @TaralaNayanaD Have a look...
