The museum is housed in the former headquarters of the Netherlands Trading Society, one of the primary ancestor of ABN AMRO.

This land was previously owned by the firm Carl Schlieper, who built a large office building and a warehouse.

[7] In December 1960, it became the property of the Department of Export-Import of the Bank Koperasi Tani & Nelayan (BKTN).

[1] Its collection consists of various items related to banking activity and its development in "Tempo Doeloe" (in Indonesia meaning: "Good old days").

Its collection range from colonial bank owned operating supplies, securities, old currencies, old Dutch safe deposit box, and many others.