Museum of Broken Relationships

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contemporary art museum museum tourist attraction

The Museum of Broken Relationships is a contemporary art museum dedicated to failed relationships, exhibiting personal objects and stories donated by people from around the world.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Museum of Broken Relationships canonical	9
Museum of Broken Relationships, Los Angeles	1
The Museum of Broken Relationships	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1403388 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Museum of Broken Relationships
Context triple: [Zagreb, hasMuseum, Museum of Broken Relationships]

A. Museum of Us
The Museum of Us is an anthropology and cultural history museum in San Diego that explores human experiences, beliefs, and diversity across time and cultures.
B. Museum of Jurassic Technology
The Museum of Jurassic Technology is an eccentric, artful museum in Culver City known for its surreal, pseudo-scientific exhibits that blur the line between fact and fiction.
C. The Museum
The Museum is an art exhibition space within Tokyo’s Bunkamura cultural complex, known for hosting a wide range of domestic and international art shows.
D. The MAD Museum
The MAD Museum is an interactive museum in Stratford-upon-Avon showcasing kinetic art and mechanical design.
E. Museumsufer
Museumsufer is Frankfurt am Main’s renowned museum district along the River Main, known for its dense concentration of major art, cultural, and historical museums.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Museum of Broken Relationships
Target entity description: The Museum of Broken Relationships is a contemporary art museum dedicated to failed relationships, exhibiting personal objects and stories donated by people from around the world.

A. Museum of Us
The Museum of Us is an anthropology and cultural history museum in San Diego that explores human experiences, beliefs, and diversity across time and cultures.
B. Museum of Jurassic Technology
The Museum of Jurassic Technology is an eccentric, artful museum in Culver City known for its surreal, pseudo-scientific exhibits that blur the line between fact and fiction.
C. The Museum
The Museum is an art exhibition space within Tokyo’s Bunkamura cultural complex, known for hosting a wide range of domestic and international art shows.
D. The MAD Museum
The MAD Museum is an interactive museum in Stratford-upon-Avon showcasing kinetic art and mechanical design.
E. Museumsufer
Museumsufer is Frankfurt am Main’s renowned museum district along the River Main, known for its dense concentration of major art, cultural, and historical museums.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	contemporary art museum ⓘ museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
awardedBy	European Museum Forum ⓘ
awardYear	2011 ⓘ
city	Zagreb ⓘ
collectionType	multimedia exhibits ⓘ narrative texts ⓘ personal objects ⓘ
country	Croatia ⓘ
donationsFrom	people from around the world ⓘ
focus	emotional catharsis ⓘ intimate personal stories ⓘ memory and loss ⓘ
foundedBy	Dražen Grubišić ⓘ Olinka Vištica ⓘ
genre	conceptual art ⓘ participatory art ⓘ
hasAward	Kenneth Hudson Award ⓘ
hasCollectionSize	hundreds of donated items ⓘ
hasExhibitionFormat	rotating selection of donated items ⓘ thematic sections ⓘ
hasImpact	inspired similar breakup-themed exhibitions worldwide ⓘ
hasMission	to document and preserve the material and emotional heritage of broken relationships ⓘ to provide a public space for sharing personal breakup stories ⓘ
hasObjectTypes	clothing ⓘ letters ⓘ personal mementos ⓘ photographs ⓘ
hasSatelliteLocation	Museum of Broken Relationships, Los Angeles ⓘ linked to: Museum of Broken Relationships
hasType	independent museum ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://brokenships.com ⓘ
inception	2006 ⓘ
language	Croatian ⓘ English ⓘ
locatedIn	Upper Town, Zagreb ⓘ linked to: Gornji Grad
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operatedAs	permanent museum in Zagreb ⓘ
originalForm	traveling exhibition ⓘ
permanentExhibitionOpened	2010 ⓘ
subjectOf	academic studies on memory and affect ⓘ international media coverage ⓘ
theme	emotional breakups ⓘ failed relationships ⓘ
visitorExperience	reading anonymous breakup stories ⓘ viewing symbolic objects of past relationships ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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Museum of Broken Relationships → hasSatelliteLocation → Museum of Broken Relationships, Los Angeles ⓘ

linked to: Museum of Broken Relationships

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Olinka Vištica → coFounded → Museum of Broken Relationships ⓘ

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Olinka Vištica → notableWork → Museum of Broken Relationships ⓘ

Dražen Grubišić → notableWork → Museum of Broken Relationships ⓘ

Dražen Grubišić → coFounded → Museum of Broken Relationships ⓘ

Dražen Grubišić → coCreatorOf → Museum of Broken Relationships ⓘ

Veruca Salt → notableWork → The Museum of Broken Relationships ⓘ