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The Husavik Whale Museum

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The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
The Husavik Whale Museum
Phone:
+354 414 2800

Hours:
SundayClosed
Monday10am - 4pm
Tuesday10am - 4pm
Wednesday10am - 4pm
Thursday10am - 4pm
Friday10am - 4pm
SaturdayClosed


The Icelandic Phallological Museum , located in Reykjavík, Iceland, houses the world's largest display of penises and penile parts. The collection of 280 specimens from 93 species of animals includes 55 penises taken from whales, 36 from seals and 118 from land mammals, allegedly including Huldufólk and trolls. In July 2011, the museum obtained its first human penis, one of four promised by would-be donors. Its detachment from the donor's body did not go according to plan and it was reduced to a greyish-brown shriveled mass that was pickled in a jar of formalin. The museum continues to search for a younger and a bigger and better one.Founded in 1997 by since-then retired teacher Sigurður Hjartarson and now run by his son Hjörtur Gísli Sigurðsson, the museum grew out of an interest in penises that began during Sigurður's childhood when he was given a cattle whip made from a bull's penis. He obtained the organs of Icelandic animals from sources around the country, with acquisitions ranging from the 170 cm front tip of a blue whale penis to the 2 mm baculum of a hamster, which can only be seen with a magnifying glass. The museum claims that its collection includes the penises of elves and trolls, though, as Icelandic folklore portrays such creatures as being invisible, they cannot be seen. The collection also features phallic art and crafts such as lampshades made from the scrotums of bulls. The museum has become a popular tourist attraction with thousands of visitors a year and has received international media attention, including a Canadian documentary film called The Final Member, which covers the museum's quest to obtain a human penis. According to its mission statement, the museum aims to enable individuals to undertake serious study into the field of phallology in an organized, scientific fashion.
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