We have a well-qualified museum curator who is the overall in-charge of the museum, managing it with the assistance of the support team. We have special training in collecting specimens, preparation of wet and dry specimens and other preservation techniques such as plastination using epoxy resins, and taxidermy (stuffing and mounting the skins of animals with lifelike effect). A group of enthusiastic academics engaged in natural history-related research of different taxa are advising and assessing specimen collection from different taxa and overall museum is managed under the purview of these experts.

OUR MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

• Head of the Department (Overall Adviser)
• Nayana Wijayathilake (Museum development Advisor)
• Dulan Jayasekara (Museum development Advisor)
• P.D.R.S. Pethiyagoda (Curator)

Invertebrate group:

• R.R.M.K.P. Ranatunga
• Senior Prof. M.M. Pathmalal
• Varuni Gunathilake
• Idunil Senanayake
• F. Sumaiya Idroos
• P.D.R.S. Pethiyagoda (Curator)

Entomology group:

• Senior Prof. B.G.D.N.K. De Silva
• Sachini Fernando
• Wathsala Udari Perera
• P.D.R.S. Pethiyagoda (Curator)

Fish group:

• R.R.M.K.P. Ranatunga
• D.C.T. Dissanayake
• P.D.R.S. Pethiyagoda (Curator)

Herpetofauna group:

• W.A.D. Mahaulpatha
• Nayana Wijayathilake
• P.D.R.S. Pethiyagoda (Curator)

Bird group:

• W.A.D. Mahaulpatha
• P.D.R.S. Pethiyagoda (Curator)

Mammal group:

• W.A.D. Mahaulpatha
• Dulan Jayasekara
• P.D.R.S. Pethiyagoda (Curator)

Histological group:

• Senior Prof. L.D.C. Peiris
• Varuni Gunathilake
• P.D.R.S. Pethiyagoda (Curator)