The museum celebrates the craftsmanship of Odia artisans by putting on display their breath-taking masterpieces.

The display area focuses on galleries about Handicrafts and Handlooms from around the state while the live section is equipped with an open air theatre as well as separate workshop zones.

Kala Bhoomi is built using local raw materials such as the laterite stone which can still be seen in some of the oldest monuments around the state.

The Handicrafts block contains Terracotta, Traditional Paintings, Stone and Wood Carving and Natural Material crafts galleries on the other hand the Handloom block displayed the Pre-Weaving Techniques, Tribal Crafts, The Crafts of Shree Jagannath Culture and Handloom galleries which represents the unique and antique raw materials and equipment as well as variety of Handlooms from across the state.

It is closed on select National Holidays such as Independence Day, Deepawali/ Kali Puja, etc.