[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29379-29380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12482]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9140]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic 
World'' and ``Pergamon and the Art of the Hellenistic Kingdom'' 
Exhibitions

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 exhibitions ``Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the 
Hellenistic World'' and ``Pergamon and the Art of the Hellenistic 
Kingdom,'' 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 J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, from on or about 
July 28, 2015, until on or about November 1, 2015, at the National 
Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, from on or about

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December 6, 2015, until on or about March 20, 2016, at The Metropolitan 
Museum of Art, New York, New York, from on or about April 11, 2016, 
until on or about July 10, 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 
lists 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: May 18, 2015.
Kelly Keiderling,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-12482 Filed 5-20-15; 8:45 am]
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