[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22602-22603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09834]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9993]


Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported 
for Exhibition Determinations: ``Modernism on the Ganges: Raghubir 
Singh Photographs'' Exhibition

    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), E.O. 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. 257-1 of December 11, 2015), I 
hereby determine that certain objects to be included in the exhibition 
``Modernism on the Ganges: Raghubir Singh Photographs,'' 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 Metropolitan 
Museum of Art, New York, New York, from on or about October 10, 2017, 
until on or about January 2, 2018, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 
in Houston, Texas,

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from on or about March 4, 2018, until on or about June 3, 2018, 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, including a list of the imported objects, 
contact the Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the Office 
of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-632-
6471; email: [email protected]). The mailing address is U.S. 
Department of State, L/PD, SA-5, Suite 5H03, Washington, DC 20522-0505.

Alyson Grunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-09834 Filed 5-15-17; 8:45 am]
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