[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 119 (Thursday, June 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 34972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13884]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6268]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs''

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 ``Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the 
Pharaohs,'' 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. This 
exhibit toured the United States from 2005 to 2007, left for foreign 
exhibition, and now returns to new venues with slightly changed 
objects. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit 
objects at the Dallas Museum of Art from on or about October 5, 2008, 
until on or about May 15, 2009; at the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 
San Francisco, from on or about June 20, 2009, to on or about March 15, 
2010; at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, from on or about April 
23, 2010, to on or about January 1, 2011, 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 Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone: 202/453-8048). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
44, 301 4th Street, SW. Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: June 12, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E8-13884 Filed 6-18-08; 8:45 am]
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