[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 47116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16585]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5902]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Medieval and Renaissance Treasures From the Victoria 
& Albert Museum''

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 ``Medieval and Renaissance Treasures from 
the Victoria & Albert Museum,'' imported from abroad for temporary 
exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The 
objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign 
owner or custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or display of 
the exhibit objects at the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, 
Florida, from on or about October 20, 2007, until on or about January 
6, 2008, the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, from on or about 
January 22, 2008, to on or about April 20, 2008, the Metropolitan 
Museum of Art, New York, New York, from on or about May 19, 2008, to on 
or about August 17, 2008, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 
from on or about October 11, 2008, to on or about January 4, 2009, and 
at possible additional exhibitions or 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 Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/
453-8052). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: August 15, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E7-16585 Filed 8-21-07; 8:45 am]
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