The museum is located in the business quarter of Fatih municipality in Istanbul.

Its distance to Haliç (Golden Horn) is about 200 metres (660 ft).

İşbank (more formally Türkiye İş Bankası) was founded in 1924 .

[1] The building of the museum was constructed in 1892 as the main post office.

In 1950s when other branch offices in Istanbul were opened, the branch office was renamed Yeni Camii (“New Mosque”) referring to New Mosque which is to almost adjacent to the building.