66 FR 146 pg. 39387 - Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Courtly Radiance: Metalwork From Islamic India”
Type: NOTICEVolume: 66Number: 146Page: 39387
Docket number: [Public Notice 3730]
FR document: [FR Doc. 01-18915 Filed 7-27-01; 8:45 am]
Agency: State Department
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 3730]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: "Courtly Radiance: Metalwork From Islamic India"
AGENCY:
United States Department of State.
ACTION:
Notice.
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), the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq. ),Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No.236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition "Courtly Radiance: Metalwork from Islamic India," imported from abroad for the temporary exhibition without profit within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign lender. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY from on or about September 25,2001 to on or about March 25, 2002 and at possible additional venues yet to be determined is in the national interest. Public Notice of these Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register .
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For further information, including a list of the exhibit objects, contact Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, (telephone: 202/619-6981). The address isU.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.
Dated: July 23, 2001.
Brian J. Sexton,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional Exchanges, United States Department of State.
[FR Doc. 01-18915 Filed 7-27-01; 8:45 am]
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