To display the materials in the archives and promote research around political, economic, social and cultural history, OBARC established the Ottoman Bank Museum in 2002.

Founded by Garanti Bank, SALT is a public company operating under Garanti Culture Inc. OBARC's lectures, seminars, symposia, workshops and prize competitions, whose related publications and texts will be made available via SALT Research,[4] are summarized below: Voyvoda Street Lectures Beginning in 2000–2001, the Voyvoda Street Lecture series provided academics, students and members of the community an avenue to discuss issues regarding economic history, culture, archaeology, literature and other relevant topics in relation to Istanbul, as well as other urban centers.

Prof. İpek Yada Akpınar and advised by Prof. Sibel Bozdoğan, addressed Istanbul's saga of modernization, examining how the architect, the designer, and the city dweller visualized urbanism.

Held every month and moderated by Prof. Zafer Toprak of Boğaziçi University's Atatürk Institute, the series focused on difficulties accompanying the formation of Republican Turkey.

To foster discussion among historians from both shores of the Aegean and contribute to international research literature, the papers submitted to the seminars for three consecutive academic years were compiled into a book by Dr. Lorans Tanatar Baruh and Assist.

Over a period of three months, in line with the exhibition, visitors viewed the street's facades, read stories about the history of its buildings, and listened to recorded memories of present and former residents.

Curated by Prof. Edhem Eldem and designed by Bülent Erkmen, Pride and Privilege presented a 120-year history of orders and decorations in the Ottoman Empire.

Organized around seven main headings inspired by popular song lyrics, slogans and common expressions, the exhibition questioned media representations and interpretations of "lifestyle" in Turkey during this period.

In addition to documenting the history of banking and finance, the archive encompassed a broader research area that included the process of modernization in Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

The archive's Documentation Annex housed digital copies of visual materials such as the Oriental Trade Directories (Annuaire Oriental du Commerce); newspapers and magazines; monographs; statistics; reports; documents pertaining to prominent families in Turkey; trade correspondence; postage stamps; copper, nickel, silver, gold coins and paper money; decorations, medals, and badges; calling cards and postcards; photographs and portraits; blueprints and maps.

The World Council of Churches archives cover the period from 1950 to 1980 and include 472 folders dealing with ecumenical assistance provided to refugees arriving in Turkey.

In 2008, in honor of the centenary of the birth of Turkish architect Sedad Hakkı Eldem, the Ottoman Bank Museum presented two exhibitions with accompanying catalogues.

[9] Along with the objects used in these exhibitions, OBARC made available to researchers materials relating to Sedad Hakkı Eldem from the Rahmi M. Koç Archive.

Operating parallel to the archive, the library's collection focuses on the economic, political, social and urban history of the Republic and the Ottoman Empire, beginning in the Tanzimat era.