America’s Packard Museum: Where Dayton’s Automotive History Still Lives

Dayton, Ohio has no shortage of museums due to its history as a major center of American innovation and industry. But while visitors often gravitate to the best-known attractions like the Air Force Museum, Carillon Historical Park, and Wright Brothers sites, the city is also home to a number of more specialized museums that preserve important pieces of Dayton’s story in ways that can be easy to overlook.

One of the most fascinating is America’s Packard Museum, located on South Ludlow Street at the southern edge of downtown, which is notable not only for its collections but also for the building in which they are housed.

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