[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 45907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23076]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Cecil Family Collects: Four Centuries of 
Decorative Arts From Burghley House''

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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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). I hereby determine that the 
objects to be included in the exhibit, ``The Cecil Family Collects: 
Four Centuries of Decorative Arts From Burghley House'' (See list), 
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 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH, from on or about November 21, 
1998, through January 17, 1999; Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 
FL, from on or about February 13, 1999, to April 11, 1999; New Orleans 
Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, from on or about May 8, 1999, through 
July 4, 1999; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, from on 
or about August 1, 1999, through October 10, 1999; Lakeview Museum of 
Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, from on or about November 6, 1999 
through January 2, 2000 and Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, from 
on or about January 22, 2000, through March 19, 2000 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: August 21, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-23076 Filed 8-26-98; 8:45 am]
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