[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 70 (Thursday, April 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 18508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6951]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5756]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance 
Masterpiece''

    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 to be 
included in the exhibition ``The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's 
Renaissance Masterpiece'', 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 or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display 
of the exhibit objects at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 
from on or about April 28, 2007, until on or about July 15, 2007, The 
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, from on or about July 28, 
2007, until on or about October 13, 2007, and The Metropolitan Museum 
of Art, New York, New York, from on or about October 30, 2007, until on 
or about January 13, 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 Wolodymyr Sulzynsky, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone: (202) 453-8050). The address is U.S. Department of State, 
SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: April 3, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E7-6951 Filed 4-11-07; 8:45 am]
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