Museum of Broken Relationships
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Museum of Broken Relationships canonical | 2 |
| Museum of Broken Relationships, Los Angeles | 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Museum of Broken Relationships Context triple: [Zagreb, hasMuseum, Museum of Broken Relationships]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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D.
The MAD Museum
The MAD Museum is an interactive museum in Stratford-upon-Avon showcasing kinetic art and mechanical design.
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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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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D.
The MAD Museum
The MAD Museum is an interactive museum in Stratford-upon-Avon showcasing kinetic art and mechanical design.
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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
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museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| awardedBy | European Museum Forum ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| city | Zagreb ⓘ |
| collectionType |
multimedia exhibits
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narrative texts ⓘ personal objects ⓘ |
| country | Croatia ⓘ |
| donationsFrom | people from around the world ⓘ |
| focus |
emotional catharsis
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intimate personal stories ⓘ memory and loss ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Dražen Grubišić
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Olinka Vištica ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
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participatory art ⓘ |
| hasAward | Kenneth Hudson Award ⓘ |
| hasCollectionSize | hundreds of donated items ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionFormat |
rotating selection of donated items
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thematic sections ⓘ |
| hasImpact | inspired similar breakup-themed exhibitions worldwide ⓘ |
| hasMission |
to document and preserve the material and emotional heritage of broken relationships
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to provide a public space for sharing personal breakup stories ⓘ |
| hasObjectTypes |
clothing
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letters ⓘ personal mementos ⓘ photographs ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteLocation |
Museum of Broken Relationships
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Museum of Broken Relationships, Los Angeles
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| hasType | independent museum ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://brokenships.com ⓘ |
| inception | 2006 ⓘ |
| language |
Croatian
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English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gornji Grad
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surface form:
Upper Town, Zagreb
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| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedAs | permanent museum in Zagreb ⓘ |
| originalForm | traveling exhibition ⓘ |
| permanentExhibitionOpened | 2010 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic studies on memory and affect
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international media coverage ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional breakups
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failed relationships ⓘ |
| visitorExperience |
reading anonymous breakup stories
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viewing symbolic objects of past relationships ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Museum of Broken Relationships Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Museum of Broken Relationships
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hasSatelliteLocation
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Museum of Broken Relationships
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Museum of Broken Relationships, Los Angeles