The Museum of Broken Relationships is an extraordinary concept and originally was a simple exhibition in Zagreb which then became an international traveling exhibition before finally establishing a permanent home in the city of origin.
It is simple really - people send in a short piece about a broken relationship and with it a single object which for them symbolises that relationship. Most of the objects are everyday things - a fluffy toy, car keys, an old photo. The vast majority of stories are of course about romantic love, but there are others about parents and children. The examples are from all around the world.
Some are funny, many are sad, but they are all charged with an incredible emotion that leaves you frequently wet eyed and often in laughter. Fortunately the exhibition is not that big - you just can't handle all the heart rendering honesty and you serious need a good stiff drink afterwards.
What is particularly surprising is that so much emotion is felt years after the event. There is a video of an elderly woman recounting an event from 1945 and you can just see that it is as real now as it was then (she rejected the guy and spent the rest of her life regretting it).
These are just a few favourites but there are so many....
This battered gnome was hurled through the windscreen of the cheating boyfriend's brand new car
When this couple began a long distance relationship they brought this toy and agreed that they would pull off a leg for everytime they met and when the caterpillar was legless they would move in together.
As you can see it didn't work out and the caterpillar is not a complete invalid.
A suicide note from a mother to her child.
When they broke up she took the toaster and commented 'How is the bastard going to toast anything now?'
This photo is from an elderly Armenian woman who years ago dated the boy next door who was madly in love with her.
After three years, in the Armenian tradition, the boy's parents visited the girl's parents to ask if the boy could marry her.
The girl's parent flatly rejected the idea saying he wasn't good enough for her and she deserved much better. The boy's parents left angry and disappointed
That night the boy drove his car off a cliff.
It is simple really - people send in a short piece about a broken relationship and with it a single object which for them symbolises that relationship. Most of the objects are everyday things - a fluffy toy, car keys, an old photo. The vast majority of stories are of course about romantic love, but there are others about parents and children. The examples are from all around the world.
Some are funny, many are sad, but they are all charged with an incredible emotion that leaves you frequently wet eyed and often in laughter. Fortunately the exhibition is not that big - you just can't handle all the heart rendering honesty and you serious need a good stiff drink afterwards.
These are just a few favourites but there are so many....
As you can see it didn't work out and the caterpillar is not a complete invalid.
A suicide note from a mother to her child.
When they broke up she took the toaster and commented 'How is the bastard going to toast anything now?'This photo is from an elderly Armenian woman who years ago dated the boy next door who was madly in love with her.After three years, in the Armenian tradition, the boy's parents visited the girl's parents to ask if the boy could marry her.
The girl's parent flatly rejected the idea saying he wasn't good enough for her and she deserved much better. The boy's parents left angry and disappointed
That night the boy drove his car off a cliff.
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