TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A month after a fire ripped through portions of the Ignite Sign Art Museum , the beloved midtown institution dedicated to preserving Tucson’s business and cultural history is asking the public for help to rebuild.

The October 19th fire began in the museum’s workshop area, destroying tools, equipment, and countless small, one-of-a-kind pieces collected over the past five decades by co-founder and longtime sign artist Jude Cook. While most of the museum’s large neon signs survived, the “little stuff,” Cook says, includes items so rare he’s only come across them once in his lifetime.

Cleanup has been underway for weeks, with workers recently patching a leak in the roof caused by rain, yet the scope of the damage remains overwhelming.

“It gets in everything,” Cook

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