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Sri Lanka Navy Museum
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Sri Lanka Navy Museum

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Sri Lanka Navy Museum
4.5

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Detailed Reviews: Reviews order informed by descriptiveness of user-identified themes such as cleanliness, atmosphere, general tips and location information.
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Hiranda Threemannehettige
Kandy District, Sri Lanka7 contributions
One of the must visit places
Jul 2020 • Friends
This is a must visit place in trincomale. A very well arranged place. By visiting this place you can get an idea on how important trincomale has been as a strategic place in srilankan history. Highly recommend this place for school children.
Written 20 July 2020
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Nathalie S
Washington DC, DC8 contributions
Very interesting historical insights!
May 2019
I enjoyed touring this museum. It was my first time in Trincomalee, and the tour guide provided us with a lot of information about how this site is so unique historically.
Written 18 April 2020
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Eleonore Breukel
Amsterdam, The Netherlands11 contributions
Insightful
Jan 2020
This museum is worthwhile visiting. Insightful regarding the environment and marine life in the area. Beautifully restored building.
Written 18 February 2020
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Khurram M
53 contributions
Naval maritime museum Trincomalee
Dec 2019 • Solo
It's an old structure opp beach front, free entrance, little information, it's of for 45 min , peaceful place
Written 30 December 2019
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TTP
Calgary, Canada1,609 contributions
Must visit
Nov 2019 • Friends
This is a place that must be visited . Especially because it has so many important information and things that we will not have access to anywhere .

Also the only opportunity to experience the view of all pointa of Trinco bay.

Need approx 1.5 hours to cover the entire museum and surrounding
Written 12 November 2019
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Jonnak
Helsinki, Finland511 contributions
Free entrance
Aug 2019 • Couples
The museum has free entrance. The building has two floors and small exhibitions of the navy and marine life. A nice place for a quick visit.
Written 10 August 2019
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clare d
4 contributions
Interesting and worthwhile
Aug 2019
This small museum in a recently restored colonial villa contains several sections of informative topics on Trincomalee harbour and history, on marine biology and ecology
Written 8 August 2019
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Cheenu J
New Delhi, India153 contributions
What a place!! A real hidden treasure...
Mar 2019 • Family
This is also the place to see in Trincomalee, alongwith other much-publicised whale-watching etc.etc. We chanced upon this while just driving around the city, near the fort area, and the sight of a museum is always alluring especially in a foreign land! This place has a free entry.
The building had it's own beautiful character and the rusted and jaded Dutch canons in the front lawn and a chameleon sun-bathing on it was a sight!! The building, with it's Dutch history dating back to the 16th century was restored few years back after the war had settled in the city. It's extremely heartwarming to know that the all precious artifacts were stored and preserved safely elsewhere and then restored in the building.
We had an extremely able guide in Mr Chamara, from the museum itself, who took us through all the nooks and crannies of the building and it's rich history. There was a pillar, on the top floor, still kept in it's original pre-restoration condition for a before-after comparison. It was soul-stirring.
The interiors, divided into different rooms, had merchant navy ship models of different countries who traded with Sri Lanka at the time alongwith a room of Navy artifacts/ uniforms etc. Very interesting memorabilia, indeed!
The highlight of the visit was the maritime room which had 8 species of sea life made of fibre-optic cable and hung from the ceiling in a glass cage! It was just so captivating and the azure shades were alluring, to say the least!! Also the colourful corals exhibited in a glass case was a sight to behold!!
This museum needs some repairs before the condition aggravates any further but is still a must-visit and it should be on the "to-do" list for the hotel owners in Trincomalee too!!
Written 8 April 2019
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Kitbitten
Copenhagen, Denmark2 contributions
Fantastic visit and guide
Mar 2019 • Couples
We didn’t research much before going there, leading to us coming the day it was closed do to cleaning. But that didn’t matter, one of the guides showed us the whole museum. We got a private guided tour for free :-)
Very exciting and interesting tour, where we learned much about the Sri Lankan history; military and civil.
Would go there again!
Written 12 March 2019
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Phil R
Hamilton, New Zealand162 contributions
Very Pleasant
Jan 2019 • Family
Interesting, free, knowledgable guide, cool,good restoration of building, just needs some minor repairs
Written 14 January 2019
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