Several years ago I turned on the radio on my way home from work and came upon a fascinating pod cast on NPR. A narrator was telling stories about objects in a ‘museum of broken relationships.’ What a fantastic (fictional) premise, I thought! Only when the podcast was ending did I realize that this was a real museum, and the “‘narrator” was actually giving a tour of its holdings, all of them donations from people around the world. My immediate reaction was: I have to go there. My second reaction was: it’s in Zagreb, Croatia, so that’s not happening.

Just goes to show!

Here are my pictures. First, a description of the museum’s mission.

So you get the idea. This is not a pity party. It’s a place that offers people a chance to free themselves from the past. It’s  a place to tell your story, and at the same time, to let go of an object that you need to have out of your life.

It was as wonderful as I had imagined.

Of course, this bring a museum of broken realationships, many things are unresolved, there are missed opportunities, failures of communication, regrets.

But the overriding feeling you get from people who’ve made donations is one of relief

. . . and in more than a few cases, a certain sense of satisfaction.

I loved it all.

What do you think?