'National Museum an important venue of a country'

Priyanka Kurugala

The National Museum is an important venue of a country. The National Heritage Ministry has taken steps to develop and enhance facilities of the National Museum. A new building will also be constructed to establish many galleries at the National Museum, National Heritage Minister Jagath Balasuriya said.

The minister said so participating at the inaugural ceremony of the National Engineering Technological Heritage Gallery at the National Natural Science Museum yesterday.

The National Museums Department provided two galleries for textiles and for urns to the National Museum recently, he said.

Power and Energy Minister Pavithra Vanniarachchi said, it is very important the establishing of National Engineering Technological Heritage Gallery at the National Natural Science Museum. "As a person who love the country's heritage, I thank the every party who took part in this. Many Western scholars like to research on past eastern technology in their studies. Therefore it is very important in establishing a gallery of Engineering Technological Heritage at the National Museum," she said.

National Heritage Ministry Secretary Dr Nanda Wickramasinghe, National Museum Acting Director Saroja Weththasinghe, Museum Committee President Ranjith Gunawardana, Sri Lanka Engineering Institution Chairman Thilak de Silva and Sampath Bank Managing Director Aravinda Perera also participated.