[1][2] The museum exhibits various aspects of the calamity and the folk culture of Uttarakhand through paintings, sculptures, and other artworks by artist Surendra Pal Joshi.

[3] The museum features 50 multi-dimensional artworks of Surendra Pal Joshi constituting the artist’s reflections and responses to the devastation and rescue efforts he had witnessed during his visits to the ravaged mountains in the aftermath of the 2013 North India floods.

[1] Selected works Paani is an installation created with thousands of safety pins that hang on the wall, imitating a cascade of water, in a reimagination of the disaster that killed at least 5,700 people.

[1] The Uttara Museum of Contemporary Art was established by the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) which is a state-run parastatal.

In 2019, both MDDA and Department of Culture were criticised for not being able to find an art curator for the gallery along with unresolved maintenance issues of the building.