[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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