2021 marked the 10th anniversary of Swire Archives, and saw the department open its new 6,300 square-foot Archive Centre at Taikoo Place. Appropriately located close to the entrance to the former Taikoo Sugar Refinery - the Swire Group’s first industrial business in Hong Kong, which opened 140 years ago - the Centre occupies the whole of the seventh floor of Cambridge House and includes an office area and repository, as well as an engagement space.
The Swire Archive Centre exhibits over 1,200 items from its collection of more than one million digital files and 1.5 linear kilometres of physical archives, tracing the firm’s development from its foundation in 1816, to the modern Swire Group of today.
The Centre’s engagement space harnesses digital technology to enable visitors to engage and interact with historical artefacts and learn the fascinating stories behind them. The space is available for bookings to group companies interested in using its exhibition elements for project inspiration, staff engagement, or entertaining business partners and clients. Activities and events that can be hosted there include guided tours, meetings, seminars, workshops, VIP dining and cocktail receptions.
