Tsunami Museum Hikkaduwa

Community Tsunami Museum

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(717) · Museum in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka
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Community Tsunami Museum is aimed educating communities on Tsunami and preserve the memories of 2004 Tsunami. This museum is the …

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Dec 20, 2024
Visited as a family of 5. We paid 1000 rupees each to get in. Our guide was great and had lived experience of the tsunami. Unfortunately due to some other rude visitors who were talking, it was some… Full review by ClarkeyFamily
Nov 11, 2024
The place is rich with pictures from the crises of tsunami wave and it gives visitors information about what happened. The staff himself Rosa is one of the tsunami survivers. Thank to the riscue t… Full review by 475salaha
Nov 8, 2024
This is a very important memorial site for Sri Lankans after the 26th December 2004 tsunami. It is also a reminder to all of us how quickly life can change and what little control we have. The museum… Full review by Companion21621598913

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Should we pay any entrance fee to the museum?
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Donation only
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What are the opening hours
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I couldn't say for sure but at least 9 am till 5 pm. We drove by on a tuk tuk tour about 9:30 and it was open. We went in on our way back about 3 pm.
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Hi, I went to a museum in 2013, which was very moving, they were building a proper building, as it was then housed in a …
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Hi, I went to a museum in 2013, which was very moving, they were building a proper building, as it was then housed in a shack. Has the new memorial been finished yet?
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Hi. It is still located in a shack which is part of the original structure reconstructed. No. The new memorial is not built yet. However there is another hut located in the same …
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Hi. It is still located in a shack which is part of the original structure reconstructed. No. The new memorial is not built yet. However there is another hut located in the same compound with more photographs of the disaster.
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Answer by Esther Y · Nov 23, 2015
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