Sri Lankan Art & Cultural Museum NY

Sri Lankan Art & Cultural Museum NY The First Sri Lankan Museum Outside of Sri Lanka around The World Right Here in New York City 🇱🇰❤️ Her father is an artist and archeological enthusiast.

Sri Lankan Art & Cultural Museum was opened in March 27th 2017 at 668 Bay Street Staten Island NY 10304 by a young girl of 18 years old, Julia Wijesinghe . This Non-profit
Organization is run by Cultural Heritage of Sri Lanka Inc. . Julia was born and raised in New York from a Sri Lankan background family, where she built up her pride to Sri Lanka and its cultural values. When she begins to learn

her ancestral heritage she started to see how vibrant it is that she wanted to be responsible to show it to the World. He arranged the restaurant as well as his home with a fair amount of rare archeological artifacts collected from Sri Lanka. Julia always had been influenced by her father with his creativity right at home and at his restaurant . As for her father Lakruwana Wijesinghe opening the first Sri Lankan restaurant in New York she was glad and honored to finally open a museum of her own and being the first of it’s at abroad from Sri Lanka. Lakruwana Wijesinghe is also a philanthropist that he donated his own 3 acre land for the benefit of the general public. This land located at Ratnapura Sri Lanka is accommodated beautifully with a shrine room for worship, a pre school , library with a playground and a community center. The expenses of these facilities are being funded and operated since 2004. Julia’s father did this in memory of his late loving mother L.K.B Premawathi. Since then Julia Wijesinghe was also passed down the influence of charity work herself and will start to continue what her father started and with the museum she will build it up and make a difference.

Honored to have given a tour to Mr. Suggeeshwara Gunaratna, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN i...
08/04/2024

Honored to have given a tour to Mr. Suggeeshwara Gunaratna, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in New York and former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Ethiopia. 🇱🇰

මගේ කෞතුකාගාරෙ බලන්ඩ Senior DIG Ajith Rohana Uncle ආවා ✨
08/03/2024

මගේ කෞතුකාගාරෙ බලන්ඩ Senior DIG Ajith Rohana Uncle ආවා ✨

It was an honor to meet Ambassador Julie Chung again during my visit to Sri Lanka. Thank you so much for inviting me bac...
05/09/2024

It was an honor to meet Ambassador Julie Chung again during my visit to Sri Lanka. Thank you so much for inviting me back to the US Embassy in Colombo. I had a wonderful conversation with the ambassador and her team. Thank you again for welcoming me and Amma. Extremely grateful. ✨🇺🇸🇱🇰

🩵 .wijesinghe
07/11/2023

🩵 .wijesinghe

සුභ උපන්දිනයක් uncle ❤️. Wishing you a very swift recovery and a happy birthday uncle. Budusaranai uncle.✨
07/08/2023

සුභ උපන්දිනයක් uncle ❤️. Wishing you a very swift recovery and a happy birthday uncle. Budusaranai uncle.✨

Was an honor to meet the former Miss Sri Lanka Kumari Dissanayake and her sister Sunethra Dissanayake ✨♥️
07/06/2023

Was an honor to meet the former Miss Sri Lanka Kumari Dissanayake and her sister Sunethra Dissanayake ✨♥️

Thank you so much 🥹🇱🇰🇺🇸 🎉 🇱🇰
05/17/2023

Thank you so much 🥹🇱🇰🇺🇸 🎉 🇱🇰

One of the most revered teachings in Buddhism is the Lotus Sutra. Why was the lotus flower chosen to represent this esse...
05/17/2023

One of the most revered teachings in Buddhism is the Lotus Sutra. Why was the lotus flower chosen to represent this essential teaching of Buddhism? One reason is that the lotus flower blooms in muddy water. Buddhism teaches that human life is like the “lotus flower” and the “muddy water” the harsh realities of daily life. Even though we may be facing unimaginable situations each day, it doesn’t define our value and worth. Just like the lotus flower emerges from muddy waters, our lives too can shine amid difficult circumstances.

We wish you and your family a Happy Vesak Day, Peace and Good Health. ✨🪔
05/05/2023

We wish you and your family a Happy Vesak Day, Peace and Good Health. ✨🪔

We wish you and your family a Happy Vesak Day, Peace and Good Health. ✨🪔
05/05/2023

We wish you and your family a Happy Vesak Day, Peace and Good Health. ✨🪔

Thank you so much✨😇
03/11/2023

Thank you so much✨😇

Address

61 Canal Street
New York, NY
10304

Opening Hours

Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

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+17185765035

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