[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 105 (Thursday, June 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32392-32393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10982]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5093]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: Assorted Egyptian Treasures for Public Exhibition

AGENCY: 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), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 
1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 
Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority No. 236 
of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of 
April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects 
covered by this Notice, imported from abroad for temporary exhibition 
within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are 
imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners. I also 
determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects as part 
of the exhibition ``Mummy: the inside story'', at the

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Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX, from on or about 
September 30, 2005, until on or about February 12, 2006, is in the 
national interest. I further determine that the exhibition or display 
of certain of the exhibit objects as part of the exhibition ``Treasures 
of Ancient Art from the British Museum'', at the Oklahoma City Museum 
of Art, Oklahoma City, OK, from on or about August 31, 2006, until on 
or about November 26, 2006; at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, 
Jacksonville, FL, from on or about December 22, 2006, until on or about 
March 18, 2007; at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, from 
on or about April 15, 2007, until on or about July 8, 2007; at the 
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, from on or about August 3, 2007, until on 
or about October 28, 2007; at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and 
History, Albuquerque, NM, from on or about November 16, 2007, until on 
or about February 10, 2008; and at possible additional venues yet to be 
determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these 
Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of the exhibit objects, contact Richard Lahne, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/
453-8058). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: May 25, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-10982 Filed 6-1-05; 8:45 am]
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