[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 17744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06650]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8249]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed''

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 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority 
No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibition ``Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed,'' 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 Science Museum 
of Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minnesota from on or about June 21, 2013, 
until on or about January 5, 2014; at the Denver Museum of Nature and 
Science in Denver, Colorado from on or about February 14, 2014 until on 
or about September 1, 2014; at the Museum of Science, Boston in Boston, 
Massachusetts from on or about October 17, 2014 until on or about May 
3, 2015; and at the San Diego Natural History Museum in San Diego, 
California from on or about June 12, 2015 until on or about January 3, 
2016; 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 Ona M. Hahs, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6473). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, 
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: March 15, 2013.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-06650 Filed 3-21-13; 8:45 am]
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