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80 FR 33 pgs. 8921-8922 - Culturally Significant Objects Imported for ExhibitionDeterminations: “Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy”

Type: NOTICEVolume: 80Number: 33Pages: 8921 - 8922
Docket number: [Public Notice 9041]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2015-03496 Filed 2-18-15; 8:45 am]
Agency: State Department
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Pages: 8921, 8922

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 9041]

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for ExhibitionDeterminations: "Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy"

SUMMARY:


[top] 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. 236-3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition "Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy," 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 page 8922 custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, from on or about April 20, 2015, until on or about July 26, 2015, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these Determinations be published in the Federal Register .

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For further information, including a list of the imported objects, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-632-6469). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

Dated: February 11, 2015.

Kelly Keiderling,

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

[FR Doc. 2015-03496 Filed 2-18-15; 8:45 am]

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