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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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The Bunny Museum
The Bunny Museum is a museum dedicated to rabbits that first opened to the public in 1998, in Altadena, California.

Prior to 2025, the museum held more than 35,000 rabbit-related items across 16 galleries in a 7,000 square foot space. Amongst the collection, there were ceramic rabbits, rabbit antiquities, stuffed rabbits, cookie-jar rabbits, 9 Rose Parade float rabbits, freeze-dried rabbits, and more. The museum held the world record for "owning the most bunny items in the world" since 1999 when it was acknowledged by Guinness World Records. At that point in time, it housed 8,473 pieces of rabbit memorabilia. The slogan of the museum was "The Hoppiest Place in the World". It also housed three live rabbits.

The museum was co-founded by married couple Candace Frazee and Steve Lubanski, who started collecting the items after they began a tradition of giving each other new rabbit-themed gifts every day. Originally housed in the couple's residential home in Pasadena, the museum relocated to larger premises in Altadena in 2017.

In 2018, the Los Angeles Times wrote of the museum: "The rabbit array may seem to tilt to kitsch, but the vast stockpile harbors insight and imparts a quirky sort of gravitas."

The museum's building, its original collection, and exhibits were destroyed by the Eaton Fire in 2025. Frazee and Lubanski announced their intention to rebuild the museum.

See also

References

  1. ^ Manning, Sue (March 28, 2010). "California's Bunny Museum is the 'hoppiest place in the world". USA Today. Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 1, 2010.
  2. ^ "Largest collection of bunny memorabilia – The Bunny Museum sets world record". World Record Academy. March 27, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
  3. ^ "Largest collection of rabbit-related (bunny-) items". Guinness World Records. March 25, 2011. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016.
  4. ^ Foster, R. Daniel (March 22, 2018). "L.A.'s quirkiest museum? It's gotta be the Bunny Museum". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  5. ^ Kreuzer, Nikki (August 22, 2013). "Offbeat L.A.: A Surreal Video Trip to Pasadena's Bunny Museum". The LA Beat. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  6. ^ Zamichow, Nora (January 8, 2004). "What is so funny about Bunny Museum?". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. D-2. Retrieved October 11, 2010 – via Google News Archive.
  7. ^ Manning, Sue (March 26, 2010). "Museum hopping for more bunnies". The Montgomery Advertiser. p. 3D. Retrieved January 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Manning, Sue (March 24, 2010). "The world's largest bunny collection". NBC News. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  9. ^ Shaw, Joy C (February 15, 1999). "Bunny love – Pasadena couple collects only the cutest (and don't call them rabbits)". The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. E-1. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  10. ^ Zamichow, Nora (December 25, 2003). "Collection of Rabbits Keeps On Multiplying; Years ago, a couple exchanged bunny knickknacks. Now they've got thousands". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
  11. ^ "The Bunny Museum". thebunnymuseum.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2000. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  12. ^ @TheBunnyMuseum (January 8, 2025). "Sad and heartbreaking to report that The Bunny Museum burnt to the ground. Saved only a few bunny items. Saved the cats and bunnies. The museum was the last building to burn around us as Steve so valiantly hosed the building down all night long" (Tweet). Retrieved January 9, 2025 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "The Bunny Museum in Altadena burns to the ground amid the Eaton Fire". CBS News. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  14. ^ Frazee, Candace; Lubanski, Steve. "The Bunny Museum's Post (1/9/2025)". Facebook. Retrieved January 9, 2025.


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