[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52838-52839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21650]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9249]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``Rembrandt and Vermeer'' 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 certain objects to be
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 Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, from on or about October 11, 2015,
until on or about January 18, 2016, in the exhibition
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``Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and
Vermeer,'' at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri,
from on or about February 20, 2016, until on or about May 29, 2016, in
the exhibition ``Reflecting Class in the Age of Rembrandt and
Vermeer,'' 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 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: August 20, 2015.
Evan Ryan,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-21650 Filed 8-31-15; 8:45 am]
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