Underwater Museum Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s first ever underwater museum was declared open by Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva off the shores of Galle, a popular tourist destination.

The museum has been constructed 50 feet underwater within the Galle harbour based on a concept put forward by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.The museum had been constructed under the direct supervision of the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy.

All sculptures that have been placed at the museum were designed and sculpted by Navy sailors with the use of cement and eco friendly material.

The initial plan was to utilise unusable train compartments and construct an underwater museum. However, due to the lack of such train compartments, the museum was designed and created by the Navy utilising sculptures and other artifacts. This also serves as an underwater structure, typically built to promote marine life in areas with a generally featureless bottom, to control erosion, block ship passage, block the use of trawling nets, or improve surfing.

The museum is expected to be developed into an artificial coral reef over time, promoting marine life in the area and also enhancing the beauty of the museum.

This effort by the Sri Lanka Navy to create this underwater museum initially planned on reconstructing Sri Lanka’s cultural monuments, but as this was a sensitive issue religiously, this idea had to be scrapped.

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