The Museum of Broken Relationships In Hollywood Makes Catharsis From Heartbreak

A giant green dinosaur piñata. A pair of jeans. A display case full of half-empty cologne bottles. You might look at these everyday items and think “yard sale,” and yet here they are inside the Museum of Broken Relationships, opening today in the heart of Hollywood, Calif.

Look closer, and you’ll soon realize why the items belong in this museum. Next to each is a description by its donor, revealing how it became infused with meaning over the course of first dates, new love, relationship, marriage, breakup or recovery (or not). Some of the stories are wistful, others a punch to the gut.

 

Read the rest of the story on my Forbes Seat 1A site.