The Icelandic Phallological Museum in Reykjavik is the worlds only museum devoted to the male genitalia.
It started as a joke.
Eventually it gave him an idea that it might be interesting to collect specimens from more mammalian species.
Once a polar bear came drifting on an ice floe.
The fishermen shot the bear and gifted him the penis of the animal.
After that she said to her father, I will never collect for you again.
Once the museum opened, the numbers grew phenomenally.
Now they contain over 280 specimens from 93 species of animals found around Iceland.
Sigurur Hjartarson, founder of the Icelandic Phallological Museum.
Its not an attractive specimen.
The man was 95 years old when he died and his organ had already shrunk.
Then the surgery didnt go well and the specimen wasnt properly sewn up.
Hjartarson is now looking for better specimens and contemplates on donating his own.
He has at least three more pledges from donors.
One American donor wanted to have his cut off during his lifetime, but thankfully, didnt.
There was some speculation whether the sculptures are casts but the team’s goalkeeper denies it.
The museum is a popular tourist attraction of Reykjavik and is visited by thousands each year.
It is now managed by Hjartarsons son Hjortur Gisli Sigursson.
Penis collection with testicle lightshades at the Icelandic Phallological Museum.
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