This ramshackle, private museum halfway between Hikkaduwa and Ambalangoda tells the story through photographs and newspaper features of that dreadful day in 2004 when the Indian Ocean tsunami struck Hikkaduwa and Sri Lanka. Everything is very badly lit and displayed but that is of no matter because the images displayed here will render you silent.
Close to the Tsunami Photo Museum is a small memorial to the roughly 40,000 people who lost their lives just in Sri Lanka and the hundreds of thousands of others whose lives were changed forever. It was also around here where the tsunami washed away a packed commuter train with the loss of over 1200 lives – the world's worst ever train disaster and just a small story from that day.
Entrance is by donation. Opening hours can be a little flexible.
