A visit to the Dutch Museum

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    I visited the Dutch period museum situated at Prince street, Pettah.This building earlier belonged to the Dutch Governor , Thomas Van Rahee.This museum has a large collection of antique furniture.The baby crib which was made of ebony and stain wood was the cutest among them The tables , chairs and beds were all used by the Dutch Governor.The most fascinating thing was the glass painting of a mother and a child .This painting was done with different colours including gold.The cooking utensils were interesting .There were moulds of different shapes used to make sweets.


Sri lankans have taken many culinary items from the Dutch.All kinds of weapons used by them are still to be seen .I enjoyed looking at these things and was surprised to see them.This made me read and study about the Dutch period in our history.I wish that other children would get a chance to visit this lovely place.

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