[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 3069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00189]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9840]
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported
for Exhibition Determinations: ``Seurat's Circus Sideshow'' 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 of April 15,
2003), I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the
exhibition ``Seurat's Circus Sideshow,'' 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 February 17, 2017, until on or
about May 29, 2017, 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.
Mark Taplin,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-00189 Filed 1-9-17; 8:45 am]
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