Step Inside an Actual Packard facility
Only two automobile museums in the United States are located in original facilities. America’s Packard Museum is one of them. Your visit is a step back in time.
The largest artifact at America’s Packard Museum isn’t a car, it is the building itself.
Look for the original 17 foot Packard neon dealership sign on the corner of Franklin Street (it’s hard to miss).
The Citizen's Motorcar Company was founded in Cincinnati in 1906. In 1917, it opened a location at 420 South Ludlow Street in Dayton, in a building designed by Dayton architect Albert Pretzinger in the style of Albert Kahn. The building cost $80,000 and was built to be completely fireproof. The plans included options for adding three additional stories which were never built. Packard Motor Car Company sold its vehicles directly to the public in Dayton.
Take a virtual tour! Click on the image and come into the Museum!
Start your tour and enter the Showroom
How You Can Help
We tell the Packard story for this and the next generation. Maintaining original cars and original buildings requires financial support, and we hope you will join us. Please learn more about our stewardship guidelines, corporate sponsorships, or how to have a private event at the Museum.
Happy motoring from all of us at America’s Packard Museum!
