[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 72 (Thursday, April 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17761-17762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8747]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6584]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``African and Oceanic Art From the Barbier-Mueller 
Museum, Geneva: A Legacy of Collecting''

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: 
Pursuant to

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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 ``African and Oceanic Art from the Barbier-Mueller 
Museum, Geneva: A Legacy of Collecting,'' imported from abroad for 
temporary 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 Metropolitan Museum 
of Art, New York, NY, from on or about June 2 until on or about 
September 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: April 7, 2009.
C. Miller Crouch,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. E9-8747 Filed 4-15-09; 8:45 am]
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