Who founded the museum?

Two museum directors from Paris

Where do the exhibits come from?

Anonymous donations from the public

Which tool is one of its best-known exhibits?

An axe used to chop an ex's furniture

Which honor did it win in 2011?

A European award for innovative museums

What do the stories cover besides romance?

Many kinds of loss, including family and friendship

Museum of Broken Relationships Quiz: Zagreb's Lost Love

This Museum of Broken Relationships quiz explores Zagreb's unusual museum of donated keepsakes. Play 10 interactive questions on founders Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić, the breakup that inspired it, its start as a traveling show in 2006, the permanent museum opened in 2010, anonymous donations with stories, a famous axe, a European museum award and Zagreb's Upper Town.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

City
Which city is the Museum of Broken Relationships in?
Founders
Who founded the museum?
Idea
What inspired the idea?
Start
How did the project begin in 2006?
Opened
When did the permanent museum open?
Objects
Where do the exhibits come from?
Axe
Which tool is one of its best-known exhibits?
Award
Which honor did it win in 2011?
Theme
What do the stories cover besides romance?
Area
Which old district houses the museum?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which city is the Museum of Broken Relationships in?
Answer: Zagreb
It is Croatia's capital.
Q2: Who founded the museum?
Answer: Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić
They were a couple who split up.
Q3: What inspired the idea?
Answer: Their own breakup
They wondered what to do with shared objects.
Q4: How did the project begin in 2006?
Answer: As a traveling exhibition
It toured many countries.
Q5: When did the permanent museum open?
Answer: 2010
It is in Zagreb's Upper Town.
Q6: Where do the exhibits come from?
Answer: Anonymous donations from the public
Each comes with a short story.
Q7: Which tool is one of its best-known exhibits?
Answer: An axe used to chop an ex's furniture
Its story is darkly funny.
Q8: Which honor did it win in 2011?
Answer: A European award for innovative museums
It was the Kenneth Hudson Award.
Q9: What do the stories cover besides romance?
Answer: Many kinds of loss, including family and friendship
Visitors often find them moving.
Q10: Which old district houses the museum?
Answer: Upper Town
It is near St Mark's Church.

Keepsakes and Stories From the End of Love

The Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb began with a breakup. When artists Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić split up, they wondered what to do with the objects left from their life together. In 2006 they created a traveling exhibition of such objects, which toured many countries.

In 2010 a permanent museum opened in Zagreb's Upper Town. Its exhibits are donated anonymously by the public, each with a short story. One famous object is an axe used to chop up an ex-partner's furniture, while others are tender, funny or heartbreaking, and some tell of losing family or friends.

In 2011 the museum won the Kenneth Hudson Award as one of Europe's most innovative museums. Visitors often leave moved, and some donate their own keepsakes. The museum sits near St Mark's Church, famous for its colorful tiled roof.

What This Quiz Teaches

Museum fans will enjoy these questions.

Who founded the museum
How it began
Where its objects come from
Which exhibits are famous
How it was recognized

Did You Know?

The museum has a café and shop with witty gifts.
Exhibits change as new donations arrive.
Zagreb's Lotrščak Tower fires a cannon at noon.
A funicular links Zagreb's lower and upper towns.
Visitors can donate objects online.