[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 53959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21705]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8008]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and the History of the 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia''

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. 
236-3 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 ``Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and the 
History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,'' 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 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 
Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC from on or about November 17, 
2012, until on or about February 24, 2013; the Museum of Fine Arts, 
Houston in Houston, Texas from on or about November 15, 2013 until on 
or about February 1, 2014 (dates still being finalized); and possibly 
also The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois from on or about March 1, 
2014 until on or about June 30, 2014; and/or the San Francisco Asian 
Art Museum in San Francisco, California from on or about July 30, 2014 
until on or about September 30, 2014 (venues and dates still being 
finalized); 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 exhibit objects, contact Ona M. Hahs, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6473). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, 
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: August 27, 2012.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-21705 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
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