Inside Indiana’s new downtown archives, where state history gets a new home

By: Casey Smith

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: September 24, 2026

Words: 1,915

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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Indiana’s centuries-old paper trail — from the state’s original constitutions to governors’ correspondence and millions of agency records — is back downtown after a quarter-century in a temporary warehouse.

State officials marked the opening of the new Indiana State Archives with a ribbon-cutting Thursday, celebrating a long-awaited home designed to better protect the records and make them easier for Hoosiers to explore.

The building at 350 W. Ohio St., alongside Indianapolis’ Central Canal, brings together …

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