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Social-history and contemporary creation museum Zagreb, Croatia

Museum of Broken Relationships

This participatory Zagreb museum pairs anonymously donated objects with stories of ended relationships, creating a global collection about love, loss and memory.

Official website view — Museum of Broken Relationships Zagreb

Located in the baroque Kulmer Palace in Zagreb’s Upper Town, the Museum of Broken Relationships turns the remains of separation into shared narratives.

A collection built through donations

Each object is accompanied by a text written by the person who contributed it. Clothes, letters, gifts and ordinary or unusual belongings become vehicles for intimate accounts of love, family, friendship, break-up and grief.

From travelling project to permanent museum

Conceived in Croatia as a participatory art project, the museum expanded through international exhibitions and new contributions. Its collection brings together highly specific local experiences while revealing universal emotions and rituals.

Why visit

  • For an original approach to memory and human relationships.
  • To encounter anonymous stories from many countries.
  • To see how public participation can shape a museum collection.

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