[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 240 (Monday, December 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 74156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29274]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8968]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Habsburgs: Rarely Seen Artworks from Europe's 
Greatest Dynasty''

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), E.O. 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 ``The Habsburgs: Rarely Seen Artworks from Europe's Greatest 
Dynasty,'' 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 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, from on or 
about February 15, 2015, until on or about May 10, 2015, the Museum of 
Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas, from on or about June 14, 2015, to 
on or about September 13, 2015, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 
Georgia, from on or about October 18, 2015, to on or about January 17, 
2016, 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: December 5, 2014.
Kelly Keiderling,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2014-29274 Filed 12-12-14; 8:45 am]
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