The Flag Institute

The Flag Institute is a Charitable Incorporated Organization in England and Wales, No. 1152496.Our object or aim, as stated in our constitution, is to advance education for the benefit of the public in all aspects of flags and vexillology.The Flag Institute is the world’s leading research and documentation centre for flags and flag information. The Institute is also the largest vexillological membership organisation in the world. The Flag Institute also maintains and manages the national United Kingdom Flag Registry.Members receive the journal, Flagmaster, every quarter and are entitled to attend the meetings of the Institute, which take place twice a year. All members resident in the UK can take part in the government of the Institute. Members also have free access to the extended library of the Flag Institute and to the Members’ Area of the web site, which contains a number of papers and resources.The Institute provides vexillological services to HM Government in the UK and to many other organizations around the world, including the United Nations. These services include advising on the use of flags, designing new flags and collating information on flags of the world.