The Bunny Museum, a beloved Altadena landmark housing nearly 50,000 bunny-related items, was burned to the ground by the devastating Eaton Fire. Despite the museum owner's efforts to save the building, the flames spread too quickly, consuming the structure and most of the collection. The museum owner, Steve Lubanski, remains determined to rebuild and carry on the legacy of the museum.
A beloved staple of Altadena for nearly three decades was burned to the ground on Wednesday as the devastating Eaton Fire continues to ravage the area.The Bunny Museum , which touted nearly 50,000 bunny-related items and was marketed as 'the world's only museum about everything bunny,' was one of many buildings destroyed by the massive blaze that has consumed more than 10,000 acres and killed at least five people since igniting on Tuesday evening.
'It was, it took my wife and I almost 40 years to put it together, but the way it is ... it will still go on,' Lubanski said.A post from the museum on Facebook said that Lubanski was at the scene all night on Tuesday, hosing down his beloved building in hopes of keeping it safe from the flames, but when the building next door went down the flames spread too quickly.
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