 The museum’s board voted to move to White River State Park in 1984.However, it was not until the late 1990s that the Indiana General Assembly appropriated funds that led to the August 1999 groundbreaking of the current Indiana State Museum.The Indiana State Museum closed its doors in the old City Hall on Dec. 31, 2001, in order to move to its new home at 650 W. Washington Street, opening there on May 22, 2002.