[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 233 (Monday, December 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 68190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31551]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3166]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art From the Khalili 
Collection''

AGENCY: United States Department of State.

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), the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.), Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 
236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby determine that the 
objects to be included in the exhibition ``Empire of the Sultans: 
Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection,'' 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 exhibit objects at the Society of the Four Arts, Palm 
Beach, Florida, from on or about February 26, 2000, to on or about 
April 5, 2000; the Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, Michigan, 
from on or about July 30, 2000, to on or about October 8, 2000; The 
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, from on or about October 
28, 2000, to on or about January 7, 2001; the Portland Art Museum, 
Portland, Oregon, from on or about January 27, 2001, to on or about 
April 8, 2001; the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative 
Arts, New York, New York, from on or about April 26, 2001, to on or 
about July 8, 2001; the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San 
Francisco, California, from on or about July 28, 2001, to on or about 
October 7, 2001; The Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich, 
Connecticut, from on or about October 27, 2001, to on or about January 
27, 2002; the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from on or 
about February 16, 2002, to on or about April 28, 2002; at the Frist 
Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, from on or about May 
10, 2003, to on or about July 20, 2003, and perhaps at other U.S. 
venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of exhibit objects, contact Lorie J. Nierenberg, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/
619-6084). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44; 301-4th 
Street, S.W., Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: November 23, 1999.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs., U.S. 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 99-31551 Filed 12-3-99; 8:45 am]
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