Americas Packard Museum

What a wonderful way to step back in time and see some really beautiful cars. Easy to get around, not expensive so you can bring whole family and they have 3 large rooms. They ask that you do not touch the cars but you can still get close enough to see the marvelous interiors. They had stow and go seats back in the 30s and dont miss the car that ran on gas or propane. Lots to see and you can take your time. All vehicles are labeled so you can read about them.

We really enjoyed our visit. The old Packards are works of art. The cars from the 40s and 50s are interesting. My wife was particularly interested in the cars used in the movies. The host was very knowledgeable. The video was very interesting. This is a great place to learn about automotive history. Be sure you see the cars in both buildings. The entrance fee was very small...you get a lot for your money at this museum.

For the $6 entrance fee it was worth every penny. Take a self guided tour and see many different era Packards located in an original dealership. The cars are splendid the facilities are great and the staff will answer all questions on Packards. If you in the area stop by and take some pictures.

Great museum full of beautiful cars. Was there for a wedding, absolutely stunning venue for a small event like that.

Whether your a car person or not this is a great little museum. The staff is very knowledgeable, amazing hand crafted automobiles, and tons of history. Great venue for personal celebration or corporate event.

Great collection of vintage Packard automobiles and other Packard transportation exhibits including a Packard truck, military staff car, and several Packard produced airplane engines. The museum staff was friendly and very willing to share their knowledge concerning the exhibits and the history of Packard.

As of October 6th the museum is closed due to covid I still gave it five stars just from looking in the window it has some awesome cars and the history of the building the fact that this was originally a Packard dealership and now has a museum is pretty awesome

Thank you for bringing our daughter’s vision for her wedding celebration to life. The guests are still talking about the unique venue. The parking across the street was convenient and easy to find. Many locals had not been to the Packard Museum and they, as well as the out-of-towners, greatly appreciated viewing the cars and the opportunity to ask all their great questions of the Museum staff member who spent the evening in the museum. The beautiful cars on display in the showroom and the garages provided just the unique experience during the cocktail hour and reception we were hoping for. Guests loved the tailgate theme and the set-up was just as we imagined. We want to give a shout out to the museum staff for allowing us to use the “Woody”, which was the star of the cocktail hour. Hats off to each and everyone for their efforts. Your team members went above and beyond to make sure we were happy with the result.It was a pleasure working with you and we will continue to recommend the Packard Museum and Elite Catering over and over. The Packard Museum is the only special event venue in Dayton that can provide such a unique experience.

This is a fun place for a day trip. It only cost $6.00 each to get in. There is a lot of history here. I wanted to sit in one so bad but u cant do that. I could of spent more time in there but the little lady had her fill for the day. It was a good day trip. I will go alone next time.

Truly a gem in Dayton. Great museum, locally run, knowledgeable tour guides. A great space to hold an event or a wedding at a very reasonable price. There is nothing quite like having an event with free reign on a historic car museum. You are mixing and mingling right around all of the cars. Fantastic and totally unique for the Miami Valley.

Great to see what an original Packard dealer would look like ! Great place to see !

If you are a gearhead, you need to come see this. Great cars with cool history of a brand that is no longer around. Awesome to see some original famous vehicles.

Great little musuem. Not a huge collection, but a good one with many interesting cars and other artifacts from Packard

This place was hypnotic unbelievable beautiful and informational. I loved it, Im really into old cars. Its my dream to item one one day..

Incredible treasure right here in Dayton, OH! The cars have been lovingly restored & are a beautiful piece of our history.

A great slice of American History preserved inside a restored Packard dealership. I learned quite a bit about Packard, it sparked curiosity so I did a little reading about the company online after my visit.

The car collection is extensive and the staff does an amazing job of taking care of everything. I went with my father-in-law a and they fielded every question he had for them. Very cool place to visit! I only wish that they had more signs up to tell me about the history.

Great museum with some very nice examples of some great cars.

Nice staff, cool old Packard dealership building with an amazing collection of Packard automobiles.

I went in with lower expectations, but was pleasantly surprised at the depth of history and interest that this museum offers. Couple that with the newly acquired knowledge of Packards storied history, and we were truly amazed and entertained. From pioneering new technology to helping to create the engines that powered our planes and boats in WW2, Korean War and so much more ... Its absolutely fascinating and inspiring. High quality displays and artifacts; Extremely knowledgeable and friendly docents. We were impressed ... even our 9 year old enjoyed the visit. We spent about 2 hours.

Awesome place. Cool cars!!

The history of the buildings, as well as the cars make for an interesting visit. The facilities can be rented, and the catering company has excellent food.

Amazing experience! So many beautiful machines that you cant see anywhere else. Absolutely worth the trip! I cant recommend it enough!

History, and beauty.If you love classic Packards, and youre in downtown Dayton, Ohio, check it out.

This was a great experience. $6 adults, $5 for senior or children. Well worth the price. They had the cars divided up between pre-WWII and post. The building is in what was originally a dealership decorated with plenty of original material. Each vehicle had a placard giving interesting facts about the era, the car model and that specific vehicle. Very nicely done. We easily spent two hours casually meandering around. You could spend longer if you linger longer on each car.

This is a restored dealership with remarkably maintained cars from all the different eras that Packard made cars. I was also impressed with the Merlin WW2 plane engine on display. The 2nd building has lots of original documents and blue prints in the library and some of the later Caribbean convertibles. They have a space for littler ones too. Great visit and close to the Wright Brothers workshop.

A fun museum to stroll through. Lots of old Packards and memorabilia.

It is really awesome. Its really nice to see these cars. Highly recommended!

Would give zero stars if possible. The owner is unresonable and did not hold up to his end of the contract. Be aware that you are dealing with people who will end your party early with no warning. This owner is unprofessional. Do not use as your venue.

I am a car guy - so I loved this place - not a giant collection - but a very good one with cars from most of the life of Packard. Well laid out and with a friendly and knowledgeable staff

Gorgeous museum. The cars are beautiful, displays provide enough details to inform but not overwhelm.

Great place to enjoy a piece of history. We planned on being there 2 hours but the gentleman giving the tour was just so knowledgeable we had to force ourselves to stop asking questions. Still ended up leaving 20 min late.

Wow, Ive lived in Dayton for 35 years and just got to this place a few weeks ago....how did I let that happen. Super cool if you are a car enthusiast.

Beautiful cars, a lot of history located in an old packard dealership

Stu and Dan are amazing! Very knowledgeable and friendly!

If you like art, history, cars or the American story, this is $6 well spent.

Good but small museum. $5 entry fees. Would be more happy if it had free entry.

Do not use this place for an event. Was appalled to see how a family was treated where they where they decided to use the Packard Museum to host their father celebration of life event. The owner shutdown the ceremony and hour and half before the time agreed upon in the contract. Gave very little explanation to the reason of his why and was extremely unprofessional in the manner he handled it as well as lack of sympathy for a grieving family who just lost their father. Please be weary of using them for events. They breach contracts and the host/owner is extremely unprofessional. The owner also helped himself to the food for the service without asking which I find an extremely unprofessional for someone who supposed to be working. Hope this review helps people before considering using The Packard Museum.

Wow! Went to the Memphis Belle. That was great. Was recommended to see this place by an older gentleman. My grandson and I loved it.

Great place in Dayton to learn about the Packard car lines and pre and post war vehicles. Very educational for a novice car enthusiast. The museum fee was minimal and kids get in free. I would recommend that you stop in and learn about the Packard car company.

Great museum. The cars are beautifully restored/preserved and there are quite a few if them. The building itself is quite interesting being the original Packard dealership.

The Packards preserved here are some fine examples of both restored and unrestored luxury American autos I have had the pleasure to view. The price of entry was $6.00. In the back, there is a library containing service manuals for the various years. They have examples of PT-boat engines, P51 fighter engines all built by Packard. From the unquestionable beauty of design and engineering, it is a shame that they are not offering luxury automobiles today. Please visit and enjoy the true beauty and sculpture of these vehicles.

Robert was wonderful sharing his vast knowledge of the Packard Autos. A wonderful time looking at beautiful automobiles.

Absolutely wonderful. I went with my father and brother (who are car enthusiasts) and they loved it. They had a good amount of cars, all in wonderful condition and information on each of them. It was super interesting, even to someone who isnt very into cars, and you can tell they love their business. Also the man working when we went in was informative and extremely kind unlike some people who oversee similar places.

Fun place to host a wedding and cars are really cool too

Great selection of cars - would only add a bit of a description for the Packard licensed/built Merlin would be really welcome considering its importance in WWII

Very interesting place to visit. The staff was very friendly and answered a lot of questions. They gave us important pieces of background information without being too suffocating. An interesting piece of history anyone could enjoy. The site was done well with interesting information displayed for each piece. I would definitely recommend!

Im not a car person, but found the museum to be a really interesting place for both the history of Packard cars and a look at designs through the decades. The museum does a good job of presenting you with interesting facts about the models as well as providing some context for what else was going on in the world at the time.The building - an old Packard dealership - is pretty cool as well.I really think most people would get something out of it!

High price however the cars are great.

Outstanding!! Staff was extremely friendly and knowledgeable about the history of Packard. Collection of automobiles is fantastic!! We live out of state and are looking forward to coming back again. Highly recommend!!

Pristine pre and post war vehicles.

Great collection of classic American cars!

Well preserved old cars! Very nice!

Loved it. Any car enthusiast would like it. Great history and something unique.

Awesome place! When visited, got a guided tour with Myrna, whom told us about every car in the museum. Her tour made the visit even better!! She has a definite love for the vehicles and knows a bit of every car in there!!

This was a wedding night, and the staff there was amazing! John especially was amazing when it came to helping out a situation and made that transition from crazy to amazing! He and Cindy(sp) are a great team and if something crazy happens they will make sure and go above and beyond to make an amazing event! Thank you again from the bottom of my heart . Renee with Amplified Digital Entertainment

Great experience! Many interesting cars. I was lucky to get a tour by one of the volunteers that was a retired engineer. I learned a great deal. This place is a gem in the gem city.

Tried visiting on Sunday July 28, 2019. Closed. Hoping to visit, but cant get anyone to answer the phone or return our messages to confirm they are open. Big let down.

Our band Daved and confused played here for a private party it was awesome!!

Really nice old car musem

These are the most Beautiful luxury cars from the 20s through the 50s, when Packard ceased making them.

Great collection of Packard automobiles, displayed in an authentic Packard Dealership building from 1917.

Cars are nice person was not.Musium person was not courteous and did not give Dayton Ohio a good name .I was taken there by my family and all was well until we got ready to leave.I tried to ask questions about some of the exhibits but the person was rude and tried I felt to intimidate me over my patch on my hat! My patch simply says black guns matter and has an outline of a AR type rifle on it. I hate that we were there visiting Dayton when the obviously mentally deranged person shot people .!!!! But I nor my family did anything wrong!!!!!! And did not need to be told I dont mean to tell you how to live but that patch on your hat might get you trouble! At which time I told him that I could talk to them like a gentleman or not as the case may be. And I was aware of the shooting downtown. Myself and my family would like to reach out and say the violence against US citizens by mentally unstable persons should never be tolerated and we are all sadend by these incidents and send our best regards and thoughts to the families.In saying that I thought the gentleman overstepped his boundaries and was rude and should have kept his thoughts to himself!!!! Thanks. HW. WV.

This place is awesome. I cant believe Ive lived here for years and never knew it existed!! Must visit for any local who likes cars.

Was smaller than we thought, but maintained very well.

Nice venue for private events.

Lots of beautiful automobiles! Both pre and post war. 1.5 hr. tour time. $6 admission for adults.

Excellent representation of a real Packard dealership. It looks like the salesmen and mechanics just went to lunch. Many beautifully restored vintage Packard automobiles.

Awesome experience and fantastic history of the Packard Automobile

This was a wonderful experience. I learned so much about Packard cars and the history. If you happen to go ask for Merna. She is a very nice lady and gives a excellent tour of the museum.

Went to see this place on Sunday at 1:30 PM, but it was close. Everything I read said it would be open and it was open 7 days a week. Change your sign and the website to the hours you are open.

Great place. People were very informative.

Amazing autos worth going back 2 and 3 times to really see all the artifacts and cars again. Great job.

It was ok, I went there for a wedding reception. And for the price the father of the bride paid for the establishment, they could have gotten something wayyyyyyy better for less. There were cars everywhere, as they just rearranged them, not taking them out, not enough seating, the bridal party was cramped together...... It should be what it is. A museum.

Nice local museum. Great collection of autos and history of the Packard Company.

Was fun seeing the cars and reading about them and the year they were made. Spent a good hour there reading and taking pictures.

Classic cars. Education specialist from Kincaids music.

Fantastic . Run by a very nice Gentleman

I am speachless at the beautiful cars in the collection

Wonderful place to hold an event

My fiancé and I visited today and we were very impressed. When we first came in we were greeted with a smile and a brief history of the building. The volunteers there were VERY knowledgeable and gave us our own little tour. We had the pleasure of meeting the director of the museum and he showed us some of his personal restoration projects as well. I had planned the trip as a surprise. Just something different to do. I don’t know anything about cars, but the staff never made me feel silly for asking the questions I had. My fiancé also learned quite a bit and he is a car enthusiast. Overall we loved the museum and the culture you feel as soon as you walk inside. Thank you for the experience and we will definitely tell our friends!

Highly recommended. Lots of Packards in primo condition. My dad and I spent about 2hrs there.

One of the most amazing collections of vintage automobiles I have seen in one place.

Great place to take in a bit of automotive history. The gentleman working at the counter was extremely knowledgeable and willing to answer any and all questions. Beautiful automobiles!

This place was awesome. I got lots of knowledge regarding our history.

Great experience. Beautiful cars, and a wonderful museum. Glad I was able to see everything on my vacation. Definitely worth a stop.

World class. Good staff.

Not handicapped accessible at all, and they could not be bothered to try and help at all!

Must see, especially if you love cars. Very impressed with their collection.

Was a wonderful experience. I cant wait to take my son to see all the amazing cars.

Fun way to spend an hour or so during our day in Dayton. All on one floor. Easy to navigate with wheelchair, walker, etc, and not so big that one would get worn out. Enjoy!

Beautiful Packard cars from the early 1930s to 1950s. Friendly staff answered all our questions. One of the must see attractions in Dayton Ohio. I recommend.

Incredible place to see a fantastic collection of this iconic case. Dont let the outside fool you, open the door any day well before 5 pm and you go back to a showroom of the classic 1930s. This is a great experience for anyone who loves old cars!

Super cool place to visit

Great collection of beautiful Packards and a host who told the story of those cars and the museum itself, which is housed in an old Packard dealership, drawing on terrific knowledge. A fun visit.

Cool museum in an old turn of the century car dealership.

The tour guide was great! Its really cool museum Highly recommend going if you like cars.

An awesome museum in Dayton. Especially if you have an interest for antiques. These cars and motorcycles are such beauties. Go check them out.

Visited from Arizona, was a cool experience ppl who work here are super friendly and really knowledgeable about the cars . Great experience

Went to a wedding here. Man do they have some gorgeous cars in their. The whole venue was top notch. What a unique place to get married.