Old Town Hall of Colombo
Kayman's Gate, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Your base for exploring this tourist attraction is the ancient city of Colombo, Sri Lanka. For tourist information about Colombo, go to Colombo Travel Guide. To prepare for a trip to Sri Lanka, read also the Sri Lanka Travel Guide. Looking for budget accommodation there? Use AsiaExplorers Budget Accommodation Guide, the no-frills website to cover your budget accommodation needs.
The Colombo Old Town Hall & Museum is located at Kayman's Gate, so named because the Dutch used to stock crocodiles at Beira Lake to prevent their slaves from escaping. Thankfully, there's no more crocodiles at Kayman's Gate. The Old Town Hall is an elegant structure standing near the gate. Today the building acts as a post office on the ground floor, and as a museum on the upper floor. Outside, there is an exhibit of old steam engines.
The Old Town Hall with the statue of Sir William Gregory in front of it.
I visited the Colombo Old Town Hall & Museum when I was Pettah district with a small group of AsiaExplorers members. The caretakers of the museum were gracious in unlocking the museum to show us - apparently there were no other visitors, and they were eager to show us the exhibits. I suppose there would be a lot to learn, but due to communication barrier between the caretakers and us - they don't speak good enough English for us to fully understand them - I only learn a limited amount of what the building was used for.
Old Town Hall Photo Gallery
Old Town Hall archway.
Staircase going up to the museum above.
The second level of the Old Town Hall.
Beautiful design in the window.
In the outside wing of the museum is an exhibit of old engines and automobiles.
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