[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 47338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19319]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7079]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``The Emperor's Private Paradise, Treasures from the 
Forbidden City''

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, and Delegation of Authority No. 
236-3 of August 28, 2000, I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibition ``The Emperor's Private Paradise, Treasures 
from the Forbidden City,'' 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 Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, 
from on or about September 14, 2010, until on or about January 9, 2011, 
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, from on or about 
February 3, 2011, until on or about May 1, 2011, the Milwaukee Art 
Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from on or about June 11, 2011, until on 
or about September 12, 2011, and at possible additional exhibitions or 
venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. I have 
ordered that Public Notice of these Determinations be published in the 
Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of the exhibit objects, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6469). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, 
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: July 30, 2010.
Ann Stock,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2010-19319 Filed 8-4-10; 8:45 am]
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