Old Pathology Building amphitheater at the Indiana Medical History Museum

The Indiana Medical History Museum occupies the 1896 Old Pathology Building of the former Central State Hospital and preserves a 19th-century pathology amphitheater where medical students and physicians observed autopsies. The museum's collection includes preserved specimens, historical medical instruments, and records documenting psychiatric and medical practices in Indiana. The building sits tucked into the hospital campus and is a lesser-known, hard-to-find museum compared with Indianapolis's larger cultural institutions. Public access is by scheduled tours and museum hours rather than regular walk-in traffic.