It is located in Safranbolu district of Karabük. The building was used as a government house until 19 January 1976 and became unusable as a result of a fire on that date. Restoration work started in 2000 by the Ministry of Culture and was completed in 2006 and opened as the City History Museum.
The City History Museum is a cultural unit established to contain all kinds of information, documents, goods, visual materials, audio and video recordings related to Safranbolu in order to promote and show the cultural, historical and social richness of the city, and to organize temporary and permanent exhibitions based on these data.