Museum of Broken Relationships, Los Angeles

A little too surreal! But I applaud the creativity, cuz I couldn't that kind of work

The 'Museum of Broken Relationships' premise, is based upon a belief held, also, by Marcel Proust and Orson Welles, that physical objects can be a strong stimulus of emotional memories. The museum's name is what kinds of memories that the museum explores. The exhibits in the museum are objects donated by, well, practically anyone can donate an object, along with a description of what role the object had in the donors relationshipand subsequent break up. It's a concept for a museum that I found most interesting, and I was eager to give it a look. After viewing a number of exhibits, I began to see a problem emerge, that talking about a very personal experience in public can be difficult. It seemed that I was missing an essential part of the whole story. Compounding the problem, are the museum restrictions on what can or can't be written about. It looks like a number of exhibits passed the censors even though they violated some rules, yet, there was always something missing. I guess some censorship might be a good idea, especially about sex, because there are some people who get over stimulated by sexy stuff, and I could see the museum being converted rapidly into a peep show, or something like that. The problem is that in romantic types of relationships, the sex part is very important, so, abridging those parts leaves big gaps in the story. Other problems: I've been to the museum a few times, and the exhibits didn't change much. It's pretty expensive for what you get. I went on a date to the museum all of the times I went, but we didn't break up right there on the spot. Maybe when I'm about to break up with some guy I'm dating, I'll plan a trip back there. Sort of marriage plans in reverse.