An institution is a humanly devised structure of rules and norms that shape and constrain social behavior. All definitions of institutions generally entail...

The Smithsonian Institution (/smɪθˈsoʊniən/ smith-SOH-nee-ən), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest...

A financial institution, sometimes called a banking institution, is a business entity that provides service as an intermediary for different types of...

The Brookings Institution, often stylized as Brookings, is an American think tank that conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily...

The Hoover Institution (officially The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace) is an American public policy think tank which promotes personal...

A cultural institution or cultural organization is an organization within a culture or subculture that works for the preservation or promotion of culture...

An educational institution is a place where people of different ages gain an education, including preschools, childcare, primary-elementary schools, secondary-high...

Raffles Institution (RI) is an independent educational institution in Singapore. Founded in 1823, it is the oldest school in the country. It provides secondary...

Colloquially, a depository institution is a financial institution in the United States (such as a savings bank, commercial bank, savings and loan associations...

A total institution or residential institution is a place of work and residence where a great number of similarly situated people, cut off from the wider...