[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 179 (Wednesday, September 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 55709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23260]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9272]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``Fashion and Virtue: Textile Patterns and the Print
Revolution, 1520-1620'' 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 ``Fashion and Virtue: Textile Patterns and
the Print Revolution, 1520-1620,'' 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New
York, from on or about October 20, 2015, until on or about January 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 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: September 10, 2015.
Kelly Keiderling,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-23260 Filed 9-15-15; 8:45 am]
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