[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 235 (Friday, December 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 74221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28878]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE


Public Notice; Culturally Significant Objects Imported for 
Exhibition Determinations: ``Leonardo da Vinci's Horse and Rider? A 
Technical Investigation''

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 ``Leonardo da Vinci's Horse and Rider? A 
Technical Investigation,'' 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 May 3, 2009, until on or about September 7, 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. Following the 
exhibition at the Gallery, all objects but the principal statue will be 
returned to the lenders; the principal statue will travel to other U.S. 
museums to become part of new exhibitions for which new notices will be 
applied.

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: December 1, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E8-28878 Filed 12-4-08; 8:45 am]
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