Museums To Amuse You

Zagreb should be called a city of museums, since, I heard, there are more of them per square foot than in any other city in the world. And it's not just the large well-known landmarks, like the highly anticipated Museum of Contemporary Art, this bite-sized capital overflows with cultural outposts large and small, showing off innovative and thought provoking masterpieces to satisfy any audience. With so many museums to choose from, it's hard to know where to start, but here are a few of my personal favorites.

One of the many 'shattered' 
relationships on display

The Museum of Broken Relationships

I laughed, I cried, and I thought---why the hell didn't I think of that?!  The small museum, not far from St. Mark's Church, started  as a traveling exhibition revolving around the 'leftovers' of failed relationships; the left behind reminders and mementos of passion turned painful and pissed off. The exhibit and subsequent museum give these relationship ruins a final resting place, and have seriously high entertainment value. Donations have been received from all over the world and are on display, along with the accompanying story scribed by the donor. Whatever the motivation for the donation, it's cathartic to realize that 
1. you weren't as crazy as you thought when you cut up that teddy bear and incinerated it while playing the mixed tape he gave you on Valentine's Day and 2. no matter what language you speak, or where you live in the world, a Frisbee is never a good anniversary gift. The quirky museum was founded by Olinka Vistica and Drazen Grubisic, a former couple naturally, who decided to turn their relationship lemons into lemonade. The museum is wildly popular, and has received a ton of press as well as a 2011 award for most innovative museum in Europe. There is an onsite café, and if you have something to donate (other than your ex) contact the museum via their website.