National Museum of Colombo

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National Museum of Colombo

Summary

National Museum of Colombo is a national museum[1]. It draws 46 Wikipedia views per month (national_museum category, ranking #44 of 262).[2]

Key Facts

  • National Museum of Colombo is located in Colombo[3].
  • National Museum of Colombo is in the country of Sri Lanka[4].
  • National Museum of Colombo's image is recorded as SL Colombo asv2020-01 img10 National Museum.jpg[5].
  • National Museum of Colombo's instance of is recorded as national museum[6].
  • National Museum of Colombo's instance of is recorded as organization[7].
  • National Museum of Colombo's founder is recorded as William Henry Gregory[8].
  • National Museum of Colombo's headquarters location is recorded as Colombo[9].
  • National Museum of Colombo's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 110149294438580522828[10].
  • National Museum of Colombo's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140203364[11].
  • National Museum of Colombo's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 168077288[12].
  • National Museum of Colombo's GND ID is recorded as 500189-4[13].
  • National Museum of Colombo's IdRef ID is recorded as 231970455[14].
  • National Museum of Colombo's Commons category is recorded as Colombo National Museum[15].
  • +1877-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of National Museum of Colombo[16].
  • National Museum of Colombo's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 6.91, 'lon': 79.86083333333333}[17].
  • National Museum of Colombo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ptw8f[18].
  • National Museum of Colombo's official website is recorded as http://www.museum.gov.lk/[19].
  • National Museum of Colombo's date of official opening is recorded as +1877-00-00T00:00:00Z[20].
  • National Museum of Colombo's British Museum person or institution ID is recorded as 122311[21].
  • National Museum of Colombo's BHL creator ID is recorded as 8703[22].
  • National Museum of Colombo's BHL creator ID is recorded as 8701[23].
  • National Museum of Colombo's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007374662405171[24].
  • National Museum of Colombo's OpenStreetMap way ID is recorded as 138991604[25].
  • National Museum of Colombo's Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae thesaurus ID is recorded as CTCFFYJ4BRDP5A7DWKMTODA4CU[26].
  • National Museum of Colombo's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/036c76ae-b34b-4745-914c-a0b3140e3923[27].

Body

Founding

National Museum of Colombo's founder is recorded as William Henry Gregory[8]. +1877-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[16].

Operations

National Museum of Colombo's headquarters location is recorded as Colombo[9].

Why It Matters

National Museum of Colombo draws 46 Wikipedia views per month (national_museum category, ranking #44 of 262).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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  22. [24] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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