Phallology museum

The Phallological Museum is a unique museum in Reykjavik dedicated exclusively to the study of animal penises. It is dedicated to phalology and has about 245 penises of a variety of animals - from hamster to sperm whale.

The museum collects canned penises of mammal species living in Iceland. There are also exhibits of species that do not live in Iceland and thematically related works of art. Since July 2011, a human penis has been on display for the first time since the death of 95-year-old P ll Arason, who bequeathed his organ to the museum.

The founder and director of the museum, Sigurdur Hjartarson, began collecting male causal sites in 1974. He was inspired by a friend who gave him a weaver made from the dried penis of a bull from the Sneifeldsnes peninsula. Since then, the collection has been replenished with 244 copies, 195 of which Sigurdur mothballed himself.

The entrance to the museum is decorated with a sign in the shape of a penis, as well as phallic variations on the theme of rounded and oblong stones. Inside the house, the walls are hung with dried penises of animals, like trophies in the best hunting traditions. There are showcases with flasks, inside which phalluses of seals, whales, polar bears and also smaller mammals - guinea pigs and others swim in formaldehyde. The museum exhibits lamps made from bull testicles, which Sigurdur made himself.

The largest exhibit of the museum is a part of a blue whale penis 170 cm long and weighing 70 kg. The whole organ would have a length of 5 meters and weigh about 350-450 kg. The bones of a hamster member only 2 mm long are the smallest exhibit in the collection, requiring the use of a magnifying glass.

The museum also has a section dedicated to folklore. It has about 20 exhibits. One of them is the color of algae. According to ancient legend, it is the sexual organ of water. He has some more sculptures and joke penises, but no sex shop toys.

Several vessels in the Hjartarson collection are empty. They are designed for human penises. Four homo sapiens from Iceland, the UK, the US and Germany have bequeathed their genitals to the museum, as evidenced by certificates on the museum wall.

Most of the exhibits were donated to the museum by fishermen, hunters and biologists. People come to the phallus museum to satisfy their curiosity, sometimes forgetting that the exhibits once belonged to living beings. Of course, you can not go to such a museum with children, but adults can see it for the sake of interest.