JD.com, one of China’s largest tech companies and online retail platforms, has announced that it will be building the JD Museum in Shenzhen, set to open for the end of 2027.
The company, founded in 1998 and launched online in 2004, is known for having engineered its own supply-chain infrastructure. Its museum is being positioned as a platform for art and technology.
Robin Peckham, who formerly served director of art fair Taipei Dangdai and, before that, editor-in-chief of LEAP magazine, will be executive director.
JD Museum will occupy over 10,000 square metres within the company’s under-construction JD Shenzhen headquarters tower, designed by Büro Ole Scheeren. Located in the city’s newly planned ‘Houhai Headquarters Base’, it will sit alongside a handful of tech-company headquarters including a complex being built by Tencent, where its upcoming museum too will be located, headed by ex-Tai Kwun head of art, Pi Li.
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