Museum houses the mementos of lost love

Los Angeles

HOW do you mend a broken heart? You might think that Rule No 1 would be to toss all those mementos: the ticket stubs and valentines, the totems and tangible tchotchkes cluttering your bedroom and preventing you from moving on. But the Museum of Broken Relationships has a better idea: If you just can't bear to throw them away, give them to us.

The museum has just opened its second location, in Hollywood - the original one is in Zagreb, Croatia - and has been overwhelmed by the response to its online call for donations, receiving around 500 so far.