The Citizens Motorcar Company, known as America's Packard Museum, is a restored Packard dealership transformed into a museum that displays twentieth-century classic Packards and historic Packard artifacts and memorabilia.[1][3] Originally, The Citizens Motorcar Company sold Packards in Dayton, Ohio beginning in 1908, and moved into what is now the museum building in 1917. Robert Signom II, the museum's Founder and Curator for 27 years, acquired the building in 1991 and painstakingly rehabilitated it to its original Art Deco grandeur. The original 20' tall porcelain and neon Packard sign, removed from the building in the early 1940s, returned to its former position at the corner of Ludlow and Franklin Streets in 1992 for the grand opening of the museum. Since that time, the museum has grown in size and stature, winning the James Bradley Award of the Society of Automotive Historians in 2004. Car Collector magazine also named the museum one of the "Top Ten" automotive museums in the United States. More than 50 cars are on display, from 1900s Brass Era cars, the streamlined Classic cars of the 1930s and 1940s, to the modern Packards of the 1950s, as well as war machines, parts, accessories, 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 Motor Car Company. In 2019, Robert Signom III was named Curator to continue the legacy of Packard, and the mission and vision of the museum founded by his father. America's Packard Museum is a Section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization under the Internal Revenue Code.
america, packard, museum, automotive, museum, located, dayton, ohio, side, museum, 2023locationdayton, ohio, contents, history, also, references, external, linkshistory, edit, nbsp, dusk, 2008the, citizens, motorcar, company, known, restored, packard, dealersh. America s Packard Museum is an automotive museum located in Dayton Ohio 1 2 America s Packard MuseumSide of the museum in 2023LocationDayton Ohio Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit nbsp America s Packard Museum at dusk in 2008The Citizens Motorcar Company known as America s Packard Museum is a restored Packard dealership transformed into a museum that displays twentieth century classic Packards and historic Packard artifacts and memorabilia 1 3 Originally The Citizens Motorcar Company sold Packards in Dayton Ohio beginning in 1908 and moved into what is now the museum building in 1917 Robert Signom II the museum s Founder and Curator for 27 years acquired the building in 1991 and painstakingly rehabilitated it to its original Art Deco grandeur The original 20 tall porcelain and neon Packard sign removed from the building in the early 1940s returned to its former position at the corner of Ludlow and Franklin Streets in 1992 for the grand opening of the museum Since that time the museum has grown in size and stature winning the James Bradley Award of the Society of Automotive Historians in 2004 Car Collector magazine also named the museum one of the Top Ten automotive museums in the United States More than 50 cars are on display from 1900s Brass Era cars the streamlined Classic cars of the 1930s and 1940s to the modern Packards of the 1950s as well as war machines parts accessories 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 Motor Car Company In 2019 Robert Signom III was named Curator to continue the legacy of Packard and the mission and vision of the museum founded by his father America s Packard Museum is a Section 501 c 3 non profit organization under the Internal Revenue Code See also editAfton Station Packard Museum Afton Oklahoma Packard Motor Car Dealership Buffalo New York Packard Motor Car Dealership Philadelphia References edit a b Mike Varey 2003 1000 Historic Automobile Sites Elderberry Press LLC p 152 ISBN 978 1 930859 50 0 Frozen in Time a Palace Worthy of the Packard The New York Times October 8 2010 Retrieved 2010 10 09 George Olson 2009 10 18 Exeter s George and Sue Olson are disbelieving in Dayton Ohio Seacoast Media Group Retrieved 2010 08 22 External links editwww americaspackardmuseum org Official Site 39 45 13 N 84 11 30 W 39 7536 N 84 1917 W 39 7536 84 1917 nbsp This Ohio museum related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title America 27s Packard Museum amp oldid 1196876571, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
