Once flying through the air on the day that ended a year marriage, this garden gnome now sits in the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia. Stories of love and heartache from around the world fill the Museum of Broken Relationships. Behind the patrons, this innovative exhibition space puts heartache on display. A stiletto represents a memorable encounter between a prostitute and client in Amsterdam in A thirteen-year-old boy wrote this letter to his first love, while fleeing Sarajevo at the start of war.
A letter from first loves parting ways in Sarajevo on the brink of the war that dissolved Yugoslavia memorializes yet another romance that never stood a chance. A tattered flag missing its bottom half waves in the entrance, while the small gift shop offers commissioned work from local designers like bad memory erasers and jewelry stringing shards of broken china.
Pieced together from people around the world, the curated collection reflects diverse perspectives from coming-of-age to family bonds that failed. Museums can be about you and about me.
The museum found a home in the former palace of early 20th century Croatian abstract painter in Zagreb's Upper Town. With stories considered private, the Museum of Broken Relationships provides a much-needed place to heal.
Research under an MRI scanner found that the brains of the heartsick can resemble the brains of those experiencing cocaine withdrawal. Another study , monitoring coping methods of various heartbreak-afflicted foci groups, found that while long-term wallowing is never a great idea, reflecting upon a recent breakup can help speed the healing process.
