[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 196 (Friday, October 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 54525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27280]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations

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 13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June 
27, 1985 (50 27393, July 2, 1985). I hereby determine that the objects 
to be included in the exhibit ``Donato Creti, Melancholy and 
Perfection'' (see list), imported from abroad for temporary exhibition 
without profit within the United States, are of cultural significance. 
These objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the 
foreign lender. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the 
listed exhibit objects at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New 
York, from on or about October 26, 1998, to on or about January 31, 
1999, and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 
California, from on or about February 11, 1999, to on or about April 
12, 1999, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these 
determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorie Nierenberg, Assistant General 
Counsel, 202/619-6084, and the address is Room 700, U.S. Information 
Agency, 301 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: October 6, 1998.
Les Jin,
 General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-27280 Filed 10-8-98; 8:45 am]
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