Selected information will be included in the printed booklet. In January 1999, Governor Frank O'Bannon unveiled the design of the new Indiana State Museum, which will become the centerpiece of White River State Park in downtown Indianapolis. There will be 65,000 square feet for exhibits and programs plus environmentally controlled areas to store the nearly 400,000 items in the museum's collection. The structure will incorporate the existing IMAX 3D theater. Architectural sketch by Ratio Architects, Indianapolis of the south view of the new Indiana State Museum.
Underground parking is already under construction.
One of our primary goals is to create a building that represents Hoosier character. The materials to be used tell stories in and of themselves. The 1999 Statewide Conference on the Teaching of History sponsored by the Indiana Council for History Education held on February 5-6. Keynote Speaker, Joy Hakim, author of A History of US , and Professor William McGucken, University of Southern Indiana, chat during the conference. Courtesy Indiana Historical Bureau.