Ottoman Bank Museum

In the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, when you go down from the famous Galata Tower to Bankalar Caddesi in Karaköy, you will see the sophisticated Ottoman Bank Museum. The museum, which can be easily seen as it is one of the most attractive buildings of its location, is built based on the restoration of the Old Headquarters Building.

Within the museum, objects from the late Ottoman and early Republic periods can be seen. Besides, the bank's customer portfolio is conveyed visually in the light of some financial details. Giant photographs and projections decorating the walls can be viewed with various informative articles.

In the museum, where there are four safes, you can enter these exciting places where the money used to be kept, as part of your visit. This experience, which is exciting for some, maybe frightening to others. It is not recommended for those who have claustrophobia. In general, you will not realize how time passes in the museum, which opens the doors of a historical bank with all its aspects, accompanied by a very modern ambiance ...

The bank, which also took in charge of treasury duty in the last period of the Ottoman Empire, continued its corporate existence until recently, it was transferred to another financial institution in 2001 and ended structurally.