Phone:+94-11-269 3314 (Miss Padma Akarawita, Librarian): +94 11 269 4767, +94 11 269 5366 Phone: +94-11-2667750 (Mr. Senarath Wickremasinghe, Assistant Director, Dept. of National Museums Email: nmdep@slt.lk (for library); easenarath@yahoo.com (for Mr. Wickremasinghe) Activities: Publishes a Sri Lanka Periodical Index and Index to newspaper articles, occasional monographs. Resources available to scholars: Reference library of 650,000 books, 450 periodical titles, 20,000 pamphlets, and 3,800 palm leaf manuscripts. Special collections of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, W. A. de Silva, H. C. P. Bell, and Ven. Kalukondayawe Pannasekera are housed here. Hours are Mon.-Sat., 9 am to 5 pm, except public holidays. A day pass is Rs.10/-, and an annual membership costs around Rs.150/-. Foreign scholars should bring a letter of introduction from a staff member of a Sri Lankan university or other appropriate Sri Lankan professional. Entry to the library is at the front right corner of the museum. Resources available to scholars: Reference library of 650,000 books and 450 periodical titles and 20,000 pamphlets, and 3,800 palm leaf manuscripts. Special collections of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, W. A. de Silva, H. C. P. Bell, and Ven. Kalukondayawe Pannasekera are housed here.