Editing Colombo (section)

=== Museums and art collections ===
The [[Colombo National Museum|National Museum of Colombo]], established on 1 January 1877 during the tenure of the British Colonial Governor [[Sir]] [[William Henry Gregory]], is in the Cinnamon Gardens area.<ref>{{cite web
| title = History of Colombo National Museum
| url = http://www.craftrevival.org/detailsMuseums.asp?CountryName=SRI%20LANKA&MuseumCode=002246
| access-date = 2007-02-02
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928065022/http://www.craftrevival.org/detailsMuseums.asp?CountryName=SRI%20LANKA&MuseumCode=002246
| archive-date = 28 September 2007
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> The museum houses the [[crown jewels]] and throne of the last king of the kingdom of Kandy, [[Sri Vikrama Rajasinha]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Colombo National Museum |url=http://www.craftrevival.org/SouthAsia/detailsMuseums.asp?CountryName=SRI%20LANKA&MuseumCode=002246 |access-date=November 22, 2016 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

There is also the [[Colombo Dutch Museum]] detailing the Dutch colonial history of the country. Colombo does not boast a very big art gallery. There is a small collection of random Sri Lankan paintings at the Art Gallery in Green Path; next to it is the Natural History Museum.