The Bunny Museum Explained

The Bunny Museum
Established:1998
Location:2605 Lake Avenue, Altadena, CA 91001

The Bunny Museum is a museum dedicated to rabbits that was opened to the public in 1998, located in a mid-century building in Altadena, California, US.[1] [2] The museum currently holds more than 35,000 rabbit-related items across 16 galleries in a 7,000 square foot space.[3] [4] Amongst the ever-expanding collection there are ceramic rabbits, rabbit antiquities, stuffed rabbits, cookie-jar rabbits, 9 Rose Parade float rabbits, freeze-dried rabbits,[5] and more. The museum has 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.[6] [7] The slogan of the museum is "The Hoppiest Place in the World".[8] It also houses 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.[9] [10] Originally housed in the couple's residential home in Pasadena, the museum relocated to larger premises in Altadena in 2017.[11]

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."

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Notes and References

  1. News: California's Bunny Museum is the 'hoppiest place in the world. March 28, 2010. USA Today. October 11, 2010.
  2. News: Largest collection of bunny memorabilia – The Bunny Museum sets world record . March 27, 2010. World Record Academy. March 28, 2010.
  3. Guinness World Records Largest collection of rabbits (bunnies)
  4. Web site: Foster. R. Daniel . 2018-03-22 . L.A.'s quirkiest museum? It's gotta be the Bunny Museum . 2022-07-12 . Los Angeles Times .
  5. Kreuzer, Nikki, "Offbeat L.A.: A Surreal Video Trip to the Bunny Museum", "The Los Angeles Beat", August 22, 2013.
  6. News: What is so funny about Bunny Museum? . Nora . Zamichow . . January 8, 2004 . October 11, 2010.
  7. News: Museum hopping for more bunnies. Manning. Sue. March 26, 2010 . Montegomery Advertiser. March 28, 2010.
  8. Web site: The world's largest bunny collection . Manning, Sue . March 24, 2010 . . October 11, 2010.
  9. News: Bunny love – Pasadena couple collects only the cutest (and don't call them rabbits) . Joy C . Shaw . . February 15, 1999 . October 11, 2010.
  10. News: Collection of Rabbits Keeps On Multiplying; Years ago, a couple exchanged bunny knickknacks. Now they've got thousands . Nora . Zamichow . . December 25, 2003 . https://archive.today/20130131160710/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/515200501.html?dids=515200501:515200501&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+25,+2003&author=Nora+Zamichow&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Collection+of+Rabbits+Keeps+On+Multiplying;+Years+ago,+a+couple+exchanged+bunny+knickknacks.+Now+they've+got+thousands.&pqatl=google . dead . January 31, 2013 . October 11, 2010.
  11. Web site: The Bunny Museum . thebunnymuseum.com . 6 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000520060018/https://thebunnymuseum.com/ . May 20, 2000 . en . live.

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