Kandy National Museum

Next to the Temple of the Tooth, the Kandy National Museum once housed the concubines of the kings of kandy and now contains a clutter of royal and noble relics including thrones, sceptres and ceremonial swords, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, before the kingdom's final decline. It was here that the Kandyam chiefs finally surrendered to the British in 1815. After inviting them in to depose the unpopular king Sri Wickrama Rajasinha, the rebel chiefs attempted to dismiss the British with perfunctory thanks, only to find that their new rulers had no intention of leaving.
Open Saturday - Thursday 09.00 - 17.00