Icelandic museum offers long and short of male organ

Sigurdur Hjartarson, owner and founder of the Icelandic Phallological Museum,
poses next to a stuffed elephant penis at the museum in Husavik May 8, 2008.

HUSAVIK, Iceland (Reuters) -- Sigurdur Hjartarson is missing a human penis. But he's not worried: four men have promised to donate theirs to him when they die.

Hjartarson is founder and owner of the Icelandic Phallological Museum, which offers visitors from around the world a close-up look at the long and the short of the male reproductive organ.

His collection, which began in 1974 with a single bull's penis that looked something like a riding crop, now boasts 261 preserved members from 90 species.

The largest, from a sperm whale, is 70 kg (154 lb) and 1.7 meters (5.58 ft) long. The smallest, a hamster penis bone, is just 2 mm and must be viewed through a magnifying glass. full story