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Martin Wickremasinghe Folk Museum "The village of Koggala occupies a long stretch of land bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by a wide river of enchanting beauty, the Koggala Oya. A smooth black ribbon of road linking the Southern towns of Galle and Matara separates the village from the sea. The verandas of the houses bordering the road face the seafront, which is itself like a long veranda running the length of the village." 1944/ Novel: The Village in Change / "Gamperaliya" Just a walk away… Step in to the House of Sri Lanka’s greatest novelist Martin Wickramasinghe , established to a folk museum complex, surrounded by a restored ecosystem planted with hundreds of varieties of Indigenous trees and shrubs in which bird life abounds. Have an in detail look of Southern Sri Lankan Culture influenced by Portuguese, Dutch & finally English who were ruling the country for 300 years. The museum principally consists of five sections: Martin Wickramasinghe's ancestral house occupies a central piece in the seven-acre Folk Museum which depicts the life, the trades and tools that had been used by the villagers towards the tail end of the 18th century, the Samadhi, where his ashes have been interred, the Museum of Folk Culture and the restored eco-environment. The museum is a fascinating collection of artifacts from ancient to modern times featuring Buddhist artifacts and portrays the development of rural technology in agriculture, agro industry, fishing, pottery, metal crafts and various artifacts from folk dances and religious ceremonies. The museum offers visitors a rare insight into Sri Lankan folk culture. There will be an entrance fee for all visitors. 
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