[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 167 (Monday, August 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 53705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21993]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7571]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``Seductive Luxury and Innovation: The Furniture of 
Abraham and David Roentgen''

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. 236-3 
of August 28, 2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 
257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the object to be 
included in the exhibition ``Seductive Luxury and Innovation: The 
Furniture of Abraham and David Roentgen,'' 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 presentation 
for the purposes of scientific research of the object at the 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, from on or about September 
12, 2011, until on or about March 10, 2013, and the exhibition or 
display of the exhibit object at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, from 
on or about October 29, 2012, until on or about January 27, 2013, 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 object, contact Julie Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6467). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, 
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: August 24, 2011.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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