67 FR 217 pg. 68224 - Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Old Master Galleries”

Type: NOTICEVolume: 67Number: 217Page: 68224
Docket number: [Public Notice 4202]
FR document: [FR Doc. 02-28513 Filed 11-7-02; 8:45 am]
Agency: State Department
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4202]

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: "Old Master Galleries"

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq. ; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq. ), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby determine that the object to be included in the exhibition "Old Master Galleries," imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, is of cultural significance. The object is imported pursuant to loan agreement with the foreign owner. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit object at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, from on or about November 17, 2002, to on or about November 17, 2004, and at possible additional venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register .

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For further information, including a list of the exhibit object, contact Julianne Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, (telephone: 202/619-6529). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, S.W., Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

Dated: November 4, 2002.

Patricia S. Harrison,

Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.

[FR Doc. 02-28513 Filed 11-7-02; 8:45 am]

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