[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 117 (Friday, June 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 29262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14492]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6678]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Vermeer's Masterpiece, The Milkmaid''

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 object to be 
included in the exhibition ``Vermeer's Masterpiece, The Milkmaid,'' 
imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, 
is of cultural significance. The object is imported pursuant to a loan 
agreement with the foreign owner or custodian. I also determine that 
the exhibition or display of the exhibit object at the Metropolitan 
Museum of Art, New York, NY, from on or about September 9, 2009, until 
on or about November 29, 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: June 12, 2009.
C. Miller Crouch,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. E9-14492 Filed 6-18-09; 8:45 am]
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