98-28709. Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations.  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 206 (Monday, October 26, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 57160]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-28709]
    
    
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    UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
    
    
    Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
    Determinations.
    
    AGENCY: United States Information Agency.
    
    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 
    (43 F.R. 13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June 
    27, 1985 (50 F.R. 27393, July 2, 1985).
    
    ACTION: I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the 
    exhibit ``Rembrandt: Treasures from the Rembrandt House, Amsterdam,'' 
    imported from abroad for temporary exhibition without profit within the 
    United States, are of cultural significance. These objects are imported 
    pursuant to loan agreements with a foreign lender. I also determine 
    that the temporary exhibition or display of certain of the exhibit 
    objects at the Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia, from on or about 
    November 7, 1998, to on or about January 10, 1999, the Mobile Museum of 
    Art, Mobile, Alabama, from on or about January 22, 1999, to on or about 
    March 21, 1999, and the Taft Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, from on or about 
    April 16, 1999, to on or about June 13, 1999, is in the national 
    interest. Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to be 
    published in the Federal Register.
    
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    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the list of exhibit 
    objects or for other information, contact Lorie Nierenberg, Assistant 
    General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel; 202/619-6084. The 
    address is U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th St., S.W., Room 700, 
    Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.
    
        Dated: October 22, 1998.
    Les Jin,
    General Counsel.
    [FR Doc. 98-28709 Filed 10-23-98; 8:45 am]
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