Americas Packard Museum

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The Packard Museum at dusk.

America's Packard Museum is an antique automobile museum located in Dayton, Ohio. The museum is a restored Packard dealership transformed into a museum that displays 20th century classic Packards and historic Packard memorablia. Originally, The Citizens Motorcar Company sold Packards in Dayton, Ohio beginning in 1917. Robert Signom II, Founder and Curator, acquired the building and painstainkingly restored it to original Art Deco grandeur. The original Packard sign, which was removed from the buliding in the early 1950's, returned to its former neon-lighted position at the corner of Ludlow and Franklin Streets in 1992. Since that time, the museum has grown in size and stature, winning the Bradley Award of Society of Automotive Historians in 2004, and was named a "Top Ten" museum by Car Collector magazine. More than 50 cars are on display, from 1900's Brass Era cars to the streamlined Classic cars of the 1930's and 40's, as well as war machines, parts, accessiores, and original sales and service literature. A notable highlight of America's Packard Museum is the original Articles of Incorporation of The Ohio Automobile Company, which later became Packard. The museum is open seven days a week and is only closed on Easter, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.