96-4842. Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; Determination

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 42 (Friday, March 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 8108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4842]



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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determination

    On February 2, 1996, notice was published at page 3964 of the 
Federal Register [61 FR 3964] by the United States Information Agency 
pursuant to the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C. 2459) 
relating to objects being imported by the Yeshiva University Museum for 
an exhibit entitled ``Sacred Realm: The Emergence of the Synagogue in 
the Ancient World.'' Since that notice was published, the Yeshiva 
University Museum has decided to add an additional object to the 
proposed exhibit, namely a certain seven-armed marble chandelier from 
the 3rd century.\1\ I hereby determine that the chandelier to be added 
to the exhibit, imported fro abroad for the temporary exhibition 
without profit within the United States, is of cultural significance. 
The object will be imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the 
foreign lender. I also determine that the temporary exhibition or 
display of the additional object at Yeshiva University Museum, New 
York, New York, from on or about March 1, 1996, to on or about February 
28, 1997, is in the national interest.

    \1\ A copy of the complete list of objects may be obtained by 
contacting Mr. Paul W. Manning of the Office of the General Counsel 
of USIA. The telephone number is 202/619-5997, and the address is 
Room 700, United States Information Agency, 301 4th Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20547.
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    Public notice of this determination is ordered to be published in 
the Federal Register.

    Dated: February 27, 1996.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 96-4842 Filed 2-27-96; 8:45 am]
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