[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3781-3782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1217]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6883]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures From the Court of 
Burgundy''

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 ``The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the 
Court of Burgundy,'' 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, from 
on or about March 1, 2010, until on or about May 23, 2010; the St. 
Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, from on or about June 20, 2010, until 
on or about September 6, 2010; the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, 
from on or about October 3, 2010 until on or about January 2, 2011; the 
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, from on or about 
January 23, 2011, until on or about April 17, 2011; the Los Angeles 
County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, from on or about May 8, 2011, 
until on or about July 31, 2011; the Fine Arts Museums of San 
Francisco, San Francisco, CA, from on or about August 21, 2011, until 
on or about January 1, 2012; the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 
Richmond, VA, from on or about January 20, 2012, until on or about 
April 15, 2012; 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.

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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: 202/632-6473). The address is U.S.
    Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20522-
0505.

    Dated: January 14, 2010.
Maura M. Pally,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, 
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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