Rahmi M. Koç Müzesi

One of the best museums I have ever seen! Very big industrial and technical museum with a lot of working machines, engines. Trains, trams, cars, planes, yachts and so on. We spent here 5 hours and seen only part of exposition. Price is small. If you have a child — he would love this museum.
I recommend you to visit this place at least once!

Surprisingly interesting industrial museum! I wouldn’t make it my priority stop in Istanbul but if you go, you probably won’t regret it. It gives you a decent feeling for modern Turkish history and the artifacts are impressive and well laid out with helpful descriptions in English. I recommend the olive press and the car collection including a Trabant and an Anadol — a Turkish car. They also have trains, boats and a submarine.

If you or your kids are into planes, trains, or automobiles (or boats), this is place! An amazing collection of classic cars, plus plenty of trains, trolleys, planes that you can board, boats, motorcycles, and a train that you can ride on weekends. Definitely recommend going on a weekend when the train is operating. It’s also a beautiful location on the Golden Horn, and there is a playground next door too. The only sad part is that many of the Istanbul locals don’t know about this place, so it is usually empty! We’ve been many times and my 3 year old son can’t get enough. You can go for an hour, or spend most of the day if you’re interested. It’s also not too far from most of the touristy areas. With no traffic, it’s a 10 minute taxi from Taksim or 15 from the the Old City. With traffic maybe 30 minutes.

When I went abroad and visit the industrial and scientific museums there, I have always been jealous thinking why we don’t have such places which reflects our own history, culture in an attractive way. Rahmi Koc Museum is the best museum in Istanbul which exhibits very special collections, items from Turkish industry history. In addition there are many attractive items from abroad. I strongly recommend you to see the very special cars, trams, aircrafts, bicycles and many more. The location of the museum is special. The museum is located at the alcohol storage building belonging to the Monopoly Administration at Hasköy on the Golden Horn. These historical buildings and the Lengerhane, which are listed as a Grade II historical building were restored as museum buildings. We spent almost a whole day in the museum. We took a guided tour at the submarine, took a nostalgic train ride and a boat tour by a nostalgic boat at Golden Horn. There are small café corners at the museum area as well as a nice restaurant by the sea. This museum is one of a must see places in Istanbul.