[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 106 (Monday, June 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 31533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12248]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6241]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty''

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 ``Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's 
Ming Dynasty'', 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 Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, from on or 
about June 27, 2008, until on or about September 21, 2008; the 
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, beginning on or about 
October 26, 2008, until on or about January 11, 2009, the St. Louis 
Museum of Art, St. Louis, MO, from on or about February 21, 2009, until 
on or about May 17, 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 Julie Simpson, 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: May 27, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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