[2] It was designed in a Greco-Roman architectural style, with a colonnade of Corinthian columns at the building's entrance.

The building was extensively damaged in the 1996 attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on the Colombo Central Bank.

[2] In 2011 the building was acquired by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), who undertook extensive renovations and refurbishment, in order to house the museum.

The Economic History Museum of Sri Lanka was formally opened in 2013.

[3] However, the currency museum of Central Bank of Sri Lanka exhibits more information.