[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4537]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition;
Determinations
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 FR
13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June 27, 1985
(50 FR 27393, July 2, 1985), I hereby determine that four objects to be
included in the exhibit ``Images in Ivory: Precious Objects from the
Gothic Age'' (see list*), 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 the British
Museum. I also determine that the temporary exhibition or display of
the listed exhibit objects at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit,
MI, beginning on or about March 7, 1997, to on or about May 11, 1997,
and at the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD, beginning on or about
June 22, 1997, to on or about August 31, 1997, is in the national
interest.
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* A copy of this list may be obtained by contacting Lorie J.
Nierenberg of the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Information
Agency. The telephone number is 202/619-6084; the address is USIA,
301-4th Street SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547.
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Public notice of these determinations is ordered to be published in
the Federal Register.
Dated: February 19, 1997.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-4537 Filed 2-21-97; 8:45 am]
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