[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 212 (Friday, October 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 65000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26072]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6419]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Looking In: Robert Frank's `The Americans' ''

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 ``Looking In: Robert Frank's `The 
Americans','' 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 National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, from on or about January 
18, 2009, until on or about April 26, 2009; at the San Francisco Museum 
of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, from on or about May 17, 2009, to on 
or about August 23, 2009; at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 
NY, from on or about September 22, 2009, to on or about December 27, 
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 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: October 23, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8-26072 Filed 10-30-08; 8:45 am]
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