[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 977-978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-209]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6478]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Turner to Cezanne: Masterpieces from the Davies 
Collection, National Museum Wales''

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 ``Turner to Cezanne: Masterpieces from the 
Davies Collection, National Museum Wales,'' imported from abroad for 
temporary

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exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The 
objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign 
owner or custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or display of 
the exhibit objects at the Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South 
Carolina, from on or about March 6, 2009, until on or about June 7, 
2009; Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK, from on or about 
June 25, 2009, until on or about September 20, 2009; Everson Museum of 
Art, Syracuse, NY, from on or about October 8, 2009, until on or about 
January 3, 2010; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, from on or 
about January 30, 2010, until on or about April 25, 2010, and the 
Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Albuquerque, NM, from on or about 
May 16, 2010, until on or about August 8, 2010, 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: December 23, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E9-209 Filed 1-8-09; 8:45 am]
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