Museum · Downtown
Indiana State Museum
650 W Washington St, Indianapolis 46204
A multi-level museum in White River State Park covering the natural history, art and cultural history of Indiana, from Ice Age fossils to pioneer life and Black heritage in the state. Changing exhibits and family programs run alongside the permanent galleries.
Permanent exhibitions
- 19th State: Step into Pioneer Indiana
- American Originals (famous Hoosiers)
- Ancient Seas
- Contested Territory
- Crossroads of America
- Enterprise Indiana
- First Nations
- Frozen Reign
- Gallery One (museum collection objects)
- Global Indiana
- Legacy: The Black Experience
- Natural Regions
- R.B. Annis Naturalist's Lab
- The Hoosier Way
