[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 184 (Monday, September 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 44694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20317]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10140]


Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported 
for Exhibition Determinations: Exhibition of Musical Instruments Played 
by Ostad Elahi

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I 
hereby determine that certain objects to be exhibited in the galleries 
of the Department of Musical Instruments of The Metropolitan Museum of 
Art, imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United 
States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant 
to a loan agreement with the foreign owner or custodian. I also 
determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the 
aforesaid galleries of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New 
York, from on or about March 1, 2018, until on or about September 30, 
2022, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be 
determined, is in the national interest.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of the imported objects, contact Elliot Chiu 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The foregoing determinations were made 
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 have ordered that Public Notice of these 
determinations be published in the Federal Register.

Alyson Grunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-20317 Filed 9-22-17; 8:45 am]
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