[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22558]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determination

    Notice is hereby given of the following determination: 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 (43 FR 
13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June 27, 1985 
(50 FR 27393, July 2, 1985), I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibit, ``A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and 
Albert Museum'' (See list \1\), imported from abroad for the temporary 
exhibition without profit within the United States, are of cultural 
significance. These objects are imported pursuant to a local agreement 
with the foreign lenders. I also determine that the exhibition or 
display of the listed exhibit objects at The Baltimore Museum of Art, 
Baltimore, Maryland, from approximately October 12, 1997 through 
January 18, 1998, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston 
Massachusetts, from approximately February 25, 1998 through May 17, 
1998, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas, from 
approximately October 18, 1998 through January 10, 1999, and the 
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San 
Francisco, San Francisco, California, from approximately February 14, 
1999 through May 9, 1999, is in the national interest. Public Notice of 
this determination is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

    \1\ A copy of this list may be obtained by contacting Mr. Paul 
Manning, Attorney Advisor, at (202) 619-5997, and the address is 
Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20547-0001.
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    Dated: August 18, 1997.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-22558 Filed 8-25-97; 8:45 am]
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