The Rahmi M. Koç Museum is a private industrial museum in Istanbul, Turkey dedicated to the history of transport, industry and communications. Rahmi M. Koç, member of one of the wealthiest families in Turkey and retired chairman of the Koç Group, founded the museum in 1991, which was opened on December 13, 1994. The museum is located in the suburb of Hasköy on the northern shore of the Golden Horn and situated in two historical buildings connected to each other. It is open to public every day except Monday. The museum's general manager is Ertuğrul Duru.
Rahmi M. Koç Museum
TCG Uluçalireis (S 338) moored before the museum at the Golden Horn
1930 Bugatti Type 46 Coupé de Ville
1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith Coupé
Hasköy is a trading and residential district on the northern bank of the Golden Horn in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey. It includes the neighbourhoods of Keçeci Piri, Piri Paşa, and Halıcıoğlu, and parts of Camiikebir and Sütlüce. Immediately to the south lies Kasımpaşa.
View of Hasköy from the Golden Horn
The Golden Horn: Kasskoj (Hasköy) or the Jewish ghetto, illustration by Cesare Biseo for the book Constantinople (1878) by Edmondo de Amicis