The two-storey colonnaded building on Prince Street, Pettah (Colombo 11) which houses this museum was constructed during the Dutch occupation of Colombo (1656 - 1796) and was the formal residence of the Governor of Dutch Ceylon Thomas van Rhee (1634 - 1701) during his term of office from 1692 to 1697. The building has been used for many different purposes over the years. It was a teacher-training college and an institute for the instruction of clergymen between 1696 and 1796. It was also used as a hospital. It became a barracks in the second half of the 1800s and 1900 it was used as a police training school, set up by the British. In 1932 it was converted to the Pettah Post Office. In 1971 following heavy monsoon rains one of the exterior walls collapsed and the building was abandoned. Following protests by the Royal Asiatic Society and the Dutch Burgher Union against plans to demolish the building, in 1973 a committee was established with representatives from the Ceylon Tourist Board, the Department of Archaeology, the Netherlands Alumni Association of Lanka and the National Archives, to restore the building and establish a museum covering the Dutch colonial period
Sri Lanka tourism destinations most of the time historically significant for locals and international visitors both alike, thus the Kodigahakanda Forest Reserve is historically an invaluable spreading across over 36 acres, dividing into three major lands. The most Uniqueness is the Flag Staff Mountains that is the name derived from, standing for its strategic location in observing the most crucial standpoints of Sinhalese history. Apart from that, the historical evidence proves that the nearby area used to host the foreign delegations of different dynasties including royals. Uniqueness * Sinhalese strategic stronghold historically * Natural forest reserve
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Nestle in the Kalutara District the Mannankethi Ella has a reputation of providing the local farmers with the necessary farming tools for farming purposes, the legend passed down by the near by villages. With a more nature in time waterfall which is hard to reach due to the extremely dangerous slope of mountain, the Mannankethi Ella relatively unmolested even by the villagers as there are no tracking and hiking or even navigating footpaths to the waterfall. The difficulty lies with the people having to Clean and make there own path every time they ventures there thus the high density of bio diversity can be seen. Many native flora and faunas, the butterflies and even many rare animals habitats are hidden there safety from the prying eyes of greed.
