[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 18275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07693]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9076]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Byzantium to Russia, the Origins and Development of 
Russian Icons 1200 to 1900'' Exhibition

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. 236-3 
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 ``Byzantium to Russia, the origins and 
development of Russian Icons 1200 to 1900,'' 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 owner or custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or 
display of the exhibit objects at the Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, 
Massachusetts, from on or about May 2, 2015, until on or about August 
22, 2015, at the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, from on or 
about September 5, 2015, until on or about January 31, 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 the 
list of the exhibit objects, contact the Office of Public Diplomacy and 
Public Affairs in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 
State (telephone: 202-632-6471; email: [email protected]). The 
mailing address is U.S. Department of State, L/PD, SA-5, Suite 5H03, 
Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: March 27, 2015.
Kelly Keiderling,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-07693 Filed 4-2-15; 8:45 am]
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