[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00086]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10659]


Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported 
for Exhibition--Determinations: ``The World Between Empires: Art and 
Identity in the Ancient Middle East'' Exhibition

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I 
hereby determine that the objects to be exhibited in the exhibition 
``The World Between Empires: Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle 
East,'' 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 March 
11, 2019, until on or about June 23, 2019, 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: Julie Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, 
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), 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 Delegation of Authority No. 236-24 of January 
8, 2019.

Jennifer Z. Galt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-00086 Filed 1-22-19; 8:45 am]
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