[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 184 (Monday, September 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 44694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20317]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 10140]
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported
for Exhibition Determinations: Exhibition of Musical Instruments Played
by Ostad Elahi
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I
hereby determine that certain objects to be exhibited in the galleries
of the Department of Musical Instruments of The Metropolitan Museum of
Art, 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
aforesaid galleries of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New
York, from on or about March 1, 2018, until on or about September 30,
2022, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be
determined, is in the national interest.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a
list of the imported objects, contact Elliot Chiu 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The foregoing determinations were made
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 have ordered that Public Notice of these
determinations be published in the Federal Register.
Alyson Grunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-20317 Filed 9-22-17; 8:45 am]
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