Event is organized by Seurasaari Foundation

The Midsummer celebrations gave birth to the non-profit Seurasaari Foundation in 1956. The purpose of The Seurasaari Foundation is to support Seurasaari Open-Air Museum by means of supporting ethnological research and publishing, studying Finnish folk art and making it more widely known, organizing folklore performances and presentations on the Finnish popular culture, developing other folklore activities suitable for the Seurasaari Island area and maintaining collections and organizing exhibitions.