[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 111 (Monday, June 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 32620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12859]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6252]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without 
End''

    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 Essential Art of African Textiles: 
Design Without End'', 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, 
from on or about September 29, 2008, until on or about March 29, 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 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 29, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8-12859 Filed 6-6-08; 8:45 am]
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