Establishment, operation and termination of cultural institutions regulated by numerous regulations, laws and bylaws. Institutions in culture consist of: libraries, museums, archives, galleries, theaters, cinemas, music institutions and polyvalent cultural institutions. The institution is independent in performing its activities and in operating in accordance with the law, a law-based regulation and the founding act. The work of the institutions is public. The institution may acquire rights and assume obligations in legal transactions, may be the owner of movable and immovable property, and may be a party to proceedings before courts, other state bodies and bodies with public authority. The institution may be established by domestic and foreign natural and legal persons. The organization of institutional culture in Croatia is, in a way, already roughly defined by regulations governing certain activities in culture, through numerous norms and standards. Archival activity is performed, as public institutions, by the Croatian State Archives, regional state archives, and archives of local self-government and administration units. The State Archives in Osijek was founded in 1809 (officially 1947) and covered the area of the "great district of Osijek", is today's Osijek-Baranja, Vukovar-Srijem and Virovitica-Podravina counties. He has gone through various states and jurisdictions throughout history. It was severely damaged in the Homeland War, then rebuilt and continues to operate to this day.