{"id":59,"date":"2026-01-31T22:33:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishv8.org\/meet\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2026-01-31T22:33:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:33:55","slug":"packard-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.britishv8.org\/meet\/?page_id=59","title":{"rendered":"Packard Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.britishv8.org\/meet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/the-national-packard-museum.png\" alt=\"The National Packard Museum\" class=\"wp-image-60\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the Museum<\/strong> <br>The National Packard Museum opened on July 4, 1999. Our 23,000 square foot complex is located next to the W.D. Packard Music Hall and Packard Park in Warren, Ohio&#8217;s historic district. The museum houses a rotating display of original and restored Packard automobiles as well as original documents, photographs, artifacts, and interpretive materials that chronicle the illustrious history of the Packard family, the Packard Motor Car Company, and the Packard Electric Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our Collection<\/strong> <br>Our permanent collection continues to grow through the generous contributions of individuals, corporate sponsors, public and private foundations, as well as private collectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>History of the Museum<br><\/strong> The National Packard Museum is a non-profit organization established in 1990. The museum was located at three different locations in Warren, Ohio before the current facility opened in July, 1999. On July 20, 2008, the museum broke ground for a 10,000 square foot addition and renovation of the existing facility. The expansion and renovation project was completed and opened July 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.britishv8.org\/meet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/word-image-59-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Museum The National Packard Museum opened on July 4, 1999. Our 23,000 square foot complex is located next to the W.D. Packard Music Hall and Packard Park in Warren, Ohio&#8217;s historic district. The museum houses a rotating display of original and restored Packard automobiles as well as original documents, photographs, artifacts, and interpretive&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishv8.org\/meet\/?page_id=59\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Packard Museum&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishv8.org\/meet\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishv8.org\/meet\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishv8.org\/meet\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishv8.org\/meet\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishv8.org\/meet\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishv8.org\/meet\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishv8.org\/meet\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishv8.org\/meet\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}