[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 7655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3269]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7795]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the 
World's Fairs, 1851-1939''

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 objects to be 
included in the exhibition ``Inventing the Modern World: Decorative 
Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939'' 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 Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 
Kansas City, MO, from, on or about April 14, 2012, until on or about 
August 19, 2012; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, from on or 
about October 13, 2012, until on or about February 24, 2013; the New 
Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, from on or about April 12, 
2013, until on or about August 4, 2013; the Mint Museum of Art, 
Charlotte, NC, from on or about September 21, 2013, until on or about 
January 19, 2014, 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 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: February 6, 2012.
Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-3269 Filed 2-10-12; 8:45 am]
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