Heartbreak Hotel: Museum of Love and Disappointments, Brisbane

The course of true love never did run smooth, William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream told us — and, for three weeks in February 2021, the Gold Coast will be home to a pop-up museum that explores that inescapable truth. At the Heartbreak Hotel: Museum of Love and Disappointments, trinkets, relics and remnants from real-life relationships will be on display. Each one tells a story, whether it’s a treasured item that once belonged to someone’s ex, a reminder of an existing couple’s first date or a pile of passionate notes.

For $10 a ticket, you’ll see everything from a wedding garter worn half a century ago to a pilfered Playstation. The latter comes with a note: “you broke my heart so I stole your Playstation…