Oskar Seyffert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German ethnologist
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Place of Birth: Dresden, Saxony, Germany
About Oskar Seyffert
- Oskar Seyffert (19 February 1862, Dresden – 22 February 1940, Dresden) was a German art professor at the Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule ("Royal Art and Vocational School") in the Kingdom of Saxony. As a folklorist, Seyffert was the founder and chairman of the Verein für Sächsische Volkskunde, from which Dresden's Museum für Sächsische Volkskunst and Puppentheatersammlung developed.
- Between 1927 and 1949 this museum was known as the Oskar-Seyffert-Museum.
- A street in Dresden-Gittersee is also named after Seyffert.
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