[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 37624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18560]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Art Objects; Importation for Exhibition: Ancient West Mexico: Art 
and Archaeology of the Unknown Past

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

SUBJECT: Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations.

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 
(43 FR 133359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June 
27, 1985 (50 FR 27393, July 2, 1985).

ACTION: I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the 
exhibit, ``Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown 
Past'' imported from abroad for the temporary exhibition without profit 
within the United States, are of cultural significance. These objects 
are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign lenders. I 
also determine that the exhibition or display of the listed exhibit 
objects at The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, from on or about 
September 5, 1998 through November 22, 1998, and Los Angeles County 
Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, from on or about December 20, 1998 to 
March 29, 1999 is in the national interest. Public Notice of these 
determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Neila Sheahan, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General 
Counsel, 202/619-5030, and the address is Room 700, U.S. Information 
Agency, 301 4th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: July 7, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-18560 Filed 7-10-98; 8:45 am]
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