[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 79057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31090]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE


Public Notice; Culturally Significant Objects Imported for 
Exhibition Determinations: ``Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of 
the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910''

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 ``Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of 
the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910,'' 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 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 
PA, from on or about March 2, 2014, until on or about May 26, 2014; the 
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, from on or about 
June 29, 2014, until on or about September 28, 2014; the Museum of Fine 
Arts, Houston, TX, from on or about November 11, 2014, until on or 
about January 11, 2015, 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: December 20, 2013.
Evan M. Ryan,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-31090 Filed 12-26-13; 8:45 am]
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