- Address: Laugavegur 116, 105 Reykjavík, Iceland;
- Official website: phallus.is;
- Phone: +354 561 6663;
- Working hours: every day from 10:00 to 18:00.
One of the most original and extravagant attractions of Iceland can be called the Fallological Museum. This is a unique object, the purpose of which is to study mammalian penises. Visiting the museum will undoubtedly amaze the imagination of even the tourist who has seen the species.
Phallologic Museum - description
The Fallological Museum is located in Reykjavik and was founded in 1997. The director and the founder of this unusual object is Sigurdur Hjartarson. He began collecting artifacts since 1974. He was inspired by a friend who brought a whip from a dried penis as a gift from the Snaifeldsn peninsula . This first specimen also marked the beginning of such an unusual hobby.
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In his building are stored in a conserved form of mammalian dildos that inhabit the territory of Iceland . There are also specimens belonging to mammals that do not reside on the territory of the country. More than 240 exhibits are presented in the museum. At the same time, 195 of them were mothballed by the director himself. In July 2011, the collection was replenished with a man's penis.
Of interest are the decorative elements that adorn the museum building. So, at the entrance to it is a sign that has the shape of a penis. Around the building are variations on the theme of the phallus, made of stones of different shapes. Inside the structure on the walls are hung animal members in dried form. The territory of the museum is lined with regiments containing flasks with floating in formaldehyde penises of various animals: an elephant, seals, polar bears, reindeer, fox, mink, rat, guinea pig and others. As a lighting apply lamps made from bull testicles, which are made personally by the director of the museum.
The museum is very popular among tourists of all countries and annually has about 12 000 visitors. According to statistics, most of them (about 60%) are women.
As the director of the museum assures, the collection was collected not for pornography, but solely for scientific and educational purposes.
Museum Attractions
Among the most noteworthy exhibits of the Fallow Museum in Iceland are the following:
- The largest exhibit in the museum is the penis of the blue whale, or rather only part of it. It has a length of 170 cm and a weight of 70 kg. If there was an opportunity to present the whole organ for review, it would be 12 m long and weigh 900-1500 kg;
- the smallest exhibit of the museum is the bones of the penis of a hamster, whose length is only 2 mm. In order to consider it, it is necessary to use a magnifying glass;
- A special section of the museum dedicated to folklore. It contains about 20 exhibits, one of which is the color of the algae. As Sigurdur explains, according to the ancient legend, it is a water body. Also here are ancient phallic symbols, organs of trolls, elves, pixies, the specter of Snafell;
- exhibits of a defiant nature. They can be depicted in any poses, for example, from the "Kamasutra". But such specimens are prudently covered with black cloth and are supplied with plates with the inscription "Erotica".
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Interesting Facts
- The museum contains several empty vessels. They are designed for the human genital organs, which will have to enter the museum after a certain time. So, the will for the transfer of their organs to the museum by inheritance was already four people - from Iceland, the United States, Germany and Britain. Acknowledgment to it serve certificates which are hung out in territory of a museum. The donor from Iceland bears the name Paul Aranson, and was known as a terrible womanizer. He was already over 90 years old, and he wants to give his museum an invaluable organ to perpetuate this glory.
- The museum contains a collective cast made by 15 members of the national handball team. They presented it specially as a museum exhibit.
- Most copies of animal penises were presented to the museum as a gift by hunters and fishermen. For the day was purchased only an elephant's organ, whose length is about 1 m.
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How to get to the museum?
The Fallological Museum is located in Reykjavik , the capital of Iceland , so it's easy to get to it.