[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9470]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6977]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt''

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 ``Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen 
of Egypt,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the 
United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported 
pursuant to loan agreements between the National Geographic Society, 
Washington, DC, and the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Franklin 
Institute, Philadelphia, PA, from on or about June 5, 2010, until on or 
about December 31, 2010; at Discovery Times Square Exposition, New 
York, NY, from on or about February 1, 2011, until on or about August 
31, 2011; at the Field Museum, Chicago, IL, from on or about October 
15, 2011, until on or about April 15, 2012; at the California Science 
Center, Los Angeles, CA, from on or about May 15, 2012, until on or 
about December 1, 2012; at the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Fort 
Lauderdale, FL, from on or about January 1, 2013, until on or about May 
31, 2013; 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: 202-632-6473). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
5, L/PD, Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: April 15, 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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