Open Every Day except Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day.

Monday - Friday 12-5PM Saturday & Sunday 1-5PM

ADMISSION

Adults $6.00
Seniors $5.00
Students $4.00

CURRENT EVENTS

2010 Winter Weekend (to be added Fall, 2009)

~ IN MEMORIUM ~ Robert E. Turnquist Born in Brooklyn, NY July 10, 1926 Died April 4, 2009 and resided in Morristown, NJ. Robert Eric Turnquist of Morris Twp, NJ died at Morristown Memorial Hospital on April 4, 2009 at the age of 82. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he has been a long-time resident of Morris Twp and is survived by his wife of 55 years, Sunny. Robert was President and owner of Hibernia Auto Restorations, Inc., a restoration facility restoring steam, electric and gas vehicles. He was instrumental in founding the Classic Car Club of America in 1952 and served as its President for 6 years. Packard was his choice to collect, restore and show at various events such as Pebble Beach, Meadowbrook, etc. He is the foremost authority on Packard cars and wrote his book The Packard Story and published many articles in various publications. His hobbies included collecting model cars, Packard literature, automotive and western art and rare trees from all over the world. Robert is a life member of the Antique Auto Club of America, the Classic Car Club of America and was the Chair of the Advisory Board of America's Packard Museum in Dayton, Ohio where he has given the Robert & Sonia Turnquist Packard Library. He and his wife were instrumental in funding the building of a replica Shell Station at the Gilmore Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan and also donated the Robert & Sonia Turnquist Photo Gallery. Robert participated in the writing of the N. J. Historic License Plate law for the DMV in 1963 which was unanimously passed by the Assembly. He received the prestigious Newkirk Award for community service from the Morris Museum of Arts Sciences in Morristown, N. J. where he served as a Trustee. Graduate of Rutgers University in 1950 with a Bachelor of Science degree, Robert served with the 11th Air Force, 404th Bomb Squadron in the Aleutians from 1945 to 1946. A Funeral Service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at Bradley-Braviak Funeral Home, 49 Whippany Rd., Whippany. Friends may visit at the funeral home prior to the service from 12:00 pm until 3:00 pm. Interment will be private. America's Packard Museum has lost a great friend and guiding light. Bob and Lola and Rob Signom, and the management and staff of America's Packard Museum join the Museum's Board of Trustees and its Advisory Board in offering condolences to Sunny Turnquist and to Bob Turnquist's thousands of friends and associates around the world. He will be missed. Click HERE to view a video interview of Bob Turnquist by Hemmings Motor News. (a new page opens)

~ America's Packard Museum Advisory Board ~

Robert E. Turnquist, Chair, Ole Book, Richie Clyne, William Friedrich, Richard Kughn, Ralph Marano, Robert E. Signom II, Don Sommer, Michael Spezia.

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420 S. Ludlow St.
Dayton, Ohio 45402
Office 937.226-1710
Fax 937.224.1918
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