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".[7][8] It also houses three live rabbits.[4]
 The original museum premises in Pasadena, in 2012 | |
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| Established | 1998 |
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| Location | 2605 Lake Avenue, Altadena, CA 91001 |
| Coordinates | 34°10′13″N 118°06′38″W / 34.1704°N 118.1106°W |
| Website | www |
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."[4]
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edit- ^ "California's Bunny Museum is the 'hoppiest place in the world". USA Today. March 28, 2010. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
- ^ "Largest collection of bunny memorabilia – The Bunny Museum sets world record". World Record Academy. March 27, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
- ^ Guinness World Records Largest collection of rabbits (bunnies)
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Kreuzer, Nikki, "Offbeat L.A.: A Surreal Video Trip to the Bunny Museum", "The Los Angeles Beat", August 22, 2013.
- ^ Zamichow, Nora (January 8, 2004). "What is so funny about Bunny Museum?". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
- ^ a b Manning, Sue (March 26, 2010). "Museum hopping for more bunnies". Montegomery Advertiser. Retrieved March 28, 2010. [dead link]
- ^ Manning, Sue (March 24, 2010). "The world's largest bunny collection". Yahoo! News. Retrieved October 11, 2010.[dead link]
- ^ 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. Retrieved October 11, 2010.[dead link]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Bunny Museum". thebunnymuseum.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2000. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
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