The Sigiriya Museum has been named the most attractive in South Asia by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said today.

The museum that features two main artifacts of archeological value a furnace used to melt iron during the Anuradhapura era and a valuable earring found in Sigiriya also houses rarities found in Dambulla, Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa.

The Sigiriya Museum, that is a collaborative effort between the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the Central Cultural Fund of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of National Heritage and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau of the Ministry of Tourism, was declared open in the presence of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Yasuo Fukuda, the Former Prime Minister of Japan and the President of the Sri Lanka Japan Friendship Association.