The Bunny Museum

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.[3] Amongst the ever-expanding collection there are ceramic rabbits, stuffed rabbits, cookie-jar rabbits and 9 Rose Parade float rabbits. The strangest pieces may be the freeze-dried rabbits, which were once household pets and are now kept in a glass display case.[4] 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.[5][6] The slogan of the museum is "The Hoppiest Place in the World".[6][7]

The Bunny Museum
The original museum premises in Pasadena, in 2012
Established1998
Location2605 Lake Avenue, Altadena, CA 91001
Coordinates34.1704°N 118.1106°W / 34.1704; -118.1106
Websitewww.thebunnymuseum.com

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.[8][9] Originally housed in the couple's residential home in Pasadena, the museum relocated to larger premises in Altadena in 2017.[10]

See also

References
  1. "California's Bunny Museum is the 'hoppiest place in the world". USA Today. March 28, 2010. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
  2. "Largest collection of bunny memorabilia – The Bunny Museum sets world record". World Record Academy. March 27, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
  3. Guinness World Records Largest collection of rabbits (bunnies)
  4. Kreuzer, Nikki, "Offbeat L.A.: A Surreal Video Trip to the Bunny Museum", "The Los Angeles Beat", August 22, 2013.
  5. Zamichow, Nora (January 8, 2004). "What is so funny about Bunny Museum?". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
  6. Manning, Sue (March 26, 2010). "Museum hopping for more bunnies". Montegomery Advertiser. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
  7. Manning, Sue (March 24, 2010). "The world's largest bunny collection". Yahoo! News. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
  8. 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.
  9. 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. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
  10. thebunnymuseum.com http://thebunnymuseum.com/. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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