Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Rembrandt and Vermeer” Exhibitions

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, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority No. 236-3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that certain objects to be imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, from on or about October 11, 2015, until on or about January 18, 2016, in the exhibition ``Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer,'' at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, from on or about February 20, 2016, until on or about May 29, 2016, in the exhibition ``Reflecting Class in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer,'' and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these Determinations be published in the Federal Register.