Jackie Chan attends the ceremony held to inaugurate the construction of the Jackie Chan Film Art Museum in Shanghai, July 8, 2008. (Photo: xinmin.cn)

Jackie Chan's legendary career will be archived in a new museum for which the star laid the foundation on Tuesday in Shanghai.

Chan handpicked the location for the museum, which will be named after him, in the Changfeng Ecology Commercial District in Shanghai's Putuo District, sina.com.cn says.

The museum will largely be renovated from old factory buildings. When completed on October 1 next year, it will take up about 3,100 square meters.

Visitors will be able to retrace Chan's footsteps from Hong Kong to Hollywood, and navigate through detailed showpieces of Chan from being a Chinese icon, a kung fu megastar to a charity devotee, sina says.

Also on display will be some of Chan's film awards, as well as costumes and props he has used.

Besides the museum, more side projects have been put on the actor's agenda. According to Chan's website, he recently signed a contract in Yunnan Province for a Jackie Chan Peace Garden, which he will cooperate with the local government to promote "Environment, Friendship, and Charity." An earlier report also quoted Chan as saying that he was planning to build a kung fu school.

(CRIENGLISH.com July 9, 2008)