[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30459-30460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13066]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7032]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria''

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

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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 ``Dynasty and 
Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria,'' 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 owner or custodian. I also determine that the exhibition or 
display of the exhibit objects at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 
from on or about September 19, 2010, until on or about January 9, 2011; 
at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, from on or about 
February 19, 2011, until on or about May 22, 2011; at the Indianapolis 
Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, from on or about July 10, 2011, until 
on or about October 9, 2011; at the Museum for African Art, New York, 
NY, from on or about November 11, 2011, until on or about March 4, 
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.

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: May 21, 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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