73 FR 9 pg. 2301 - Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Vatican Splendors”

Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 9Page: 2301
Docket number: [Public Notice 6059]
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-432 Filed 1-11-08; 8:45 am]
Agency: State Department
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6059]

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: "Vatican Splendors"

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, Delegation of Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition "Vatican Splendors," imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign owner or custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The Florida International Museum, St. Petersburg, FL, from on or about February 9, 2008, until on or about May 11, 2008; The Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH, from on or about May 31, 2008, until on or about September 9, 2008, and The Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN, from on or about September 27, 2008, until on or about January 11, 2009, and at possible additional exhibitions or 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 objects, contact Julie Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: (202-453-8050). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

Dated: January 4, 2008.

C. Miller Crouch,

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

[FR Doc. E8-432 Filed 1-11-08; 8:45 am]

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