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Shattered hearts, dashed dreams: how the Museum of Broken Relationships cherishes lost love 

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You can donate any unwanted gifts from an ex to the Museum of Broken Relationships. (PHOTO: Supplied by the Museum of Broken Relationships)
You can donate any unwanted gifts from an ex to the Museum of Broken Relationships. (PHOTO: Supplied by the Museum of Broken Relationships)

Burn it, bin it or stuff it in the back of a cupboard – what do you do with the mementoes of lost love when your heart’s been broken?

There’s another option – you could send it to the Museum of Broken Relationships, which exhibits the detritus of shattered relationships from around the world.

When Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišic, an artist and a film producer, broke up 20 years ago, they had stuff they couldn’t decide who should get. 

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