Packard Motor Museum
The Packard Motor Museum provides an informative educational experience based around the automobiles, machinery, stories and lives of those who led the industrial revolution and created and shaped our modern way of life.
We also honour the legacy of resourceful New Zealanders who developed our Kiwi traditions of ingenuity, adaptation and innovation.
Our purpose is to inspire current generations to create an even greater future for us all.
Our collection is housed in four large sheds and includes the following;
• Packard cars
• Classic cars
• Classic motorcycles (1904 -1976)
• Military vehicles
• Fire-engines
• Early steam engine and traction engines
• Horse drawn vehicles
• Allis-Chalmers and Caterpillar bulldozers
• Buses and commercial vehicles
• Earth-moving machines and tractors
• Stationary engines
• Early lawn mowers
• Telephones and typewriters
• Sewing machines
• Saws
• Cast iron stoves
• Vintage toys and working steam models
• A fabulous range of early colonial domestic items
HOW CAN YOU SEE IT?
Open: Wednesday to Saturday 10 am - 4 pm
The tour take approximately 2 hours to visit all 4 sheds. Comfortable shoes are recommended. In winter the museum can be cold so a jacket maybe needed as well.
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Contact Details
Address for correspondence only: PO Box 151 Maungatapere, 0152
09-434-8214
Manager : Geraldine Craw Admin : Yvonne Slattery
Visitor Information
State Highway 14, Maungatapere 0179
Wednesday - Saturday 10 am until 4 pm Tours take approximately 2 hours . Group Tours by arrangement, please ring and speak to a member of staff.
Adult $20.00 Children under 16 yrs $10.00
Facilities
Wheelchair access
Reference library
Parking
Shop
Function space
Guided tour
Public programmes
Toilets
Other Facilities
Groups welcome. Please ring 09- 434-8214 (museum) .Disclaimer/Re-use of images:
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