Jackie Chan Museum Is Your Next Stop on Martial Arts Celebrity Tour
By MAPro • Sep 16th, 2008 • Category: Industry InsiderSHANGHAI, CHINA-The number of museums may or may not be an accurate measure of a martial arts legend/film star’s popularity and celebrity status, but the current score is Bruce Lee 2, Jackie Chan 1.
As reported in the previous story, Bruce Lee’s family is planning a museum in Seattle and his Chinese fans want to convert his former Hong Kong home into another museum. Now, Jackie Chan is wasting no time to construct his museum in Shanghai, before all the best Chinese locations are taken. Ac-cording to the actor’s Web site, Chan attended a recent ceremony to mark the beginning of activities at the building site.
The museum will house props and costumes from Chan’s movies, photos and other memorabilia. Construction is sched-uled to finish in October 200.
