73 FR 128 pg. 38018 - Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings From the Biblioteca Reale in Turin”
Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 128Page: 38018
Docket number: [Public Notice 6282]
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-15019 Filed 7-1-08; 8:45 am]
Agency: State Department
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 6282]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: "Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings From the Biblioteca Reale in Turin"
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 "Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings from the Biblioteca Reale in Turin", imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, from on or about September 28, 2008, until on or about November 9, 2008; and at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco-Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, from on or about November 15, 2008, until on or about January 4, 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 Richard Lahne, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/453-8058). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.
Dated: June 24, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8-15019 Filed 7-1-08; 8:45 am]
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