[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 23345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09161]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9525]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``Turner's Whaling Pictures'' 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), E.O. 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. 257-1 of
December 11, 2015), I hereby determine that the objects to be included
in the exhibition ``Turner's Whaling Pictures,'' imported from abroad
for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural
significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement
with the foreign owner or custodian. 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 May 10, 2016, until on or
about August 7, 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: April 12, 2016.
Mark Taplin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-09161 Filed 4-19-16; 8:45 am]
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