[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 11087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5538]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``The Topkapi Palace: Jewels and Treasures of the
Sultans''
AGENCY: United States Information Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 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 the
objects to be included in the exhibit ``The Topkapi Palace: Jewels and
Treasures of the Sultans,'' imported from abroad for temporary
exhibition without profit within the United States, are of cultural
significance. These objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement
with the foreign lenders. I also determine that the exhibitions or
display of the listed exhibit objects at the Corcoran Gallery of Art,
Washington, DC, from on or about March 1, 2000, to on or about June 15,
2000, the San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA, from on or about July
14, 2000 to on or about September 24, 2000, and the Fort Lauderdale
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, from on or about October 15, 2000
to on or about January 14, 2001 is in the national interest. Public
Notice of these determinations is ordered to be published in the
Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For a copy of the list of exhibit objects or for further information,
contact Carol Epstein, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General
Counsel, United States Information Agency, at 201/619-6981, or USIA,
301 4th Street, S.W., Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.
Dated: March 2, 1999.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-5538 Filed 3-5-99; 8:45 am]
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