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Uttara Museum of Contemporary Art

Overview

•The Uttara Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA), located at MDDA Complex in Dehradun, is Uttarakhand's first art museum dedicating multi-dimensional artworks in the memory of the 2013 North India floods (Kedarnath disaster).

Highlights

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.
It also includes an art gallery encouraging younger generation of artists to exhibit modern and contemporary art.
The museum is located in one of the Earthquake zones of India and is housed in a specially constructed building to withstand high intensity earthquake and extreme weather conditions.

Dress Code

Modest, respectful clothing is expected at this site.

History

•The museum was inaugurated on 4 October 2017 by then Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat.
•The museum has two sections, one for the museum and other for the art gallery.
•Both the museum and the gallery encompass an area of 408 square metres.
•The museum was built under the guidance of artist Surendra Pal Joshi who played a major role in embodying the museum.

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The Uttara Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA), located at MDDA Complex in Dehradun, is Uttarakhand's first art museum dedicating multi-dimensional artworks in the memory of the 2013 North India floods (Kedarnath disaster).

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