Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determination: ``Unseen Treasures: Imperial Russia and the New World''

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 41488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19604]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determination: ``Unseen Treasures: Imperial Russia and the New World''

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, ``Unseen Treasures: Imperial 
Russia and the New World,'' imported from abroad for the temporary 
exhibition without profit within the United States, are of cultural 
significance. These objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement 
with the foreign lender. I also determine that the exhibition or 
display of the listed objects at the New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 
NJ, from on or about September 25, 1999, to on or about January 16, 
2000, and the Missouri Historical Society, saint Louis, MO, from on or 
about May 15, 2000, to on or about August 15, 2000, and the Mint Museum 
of Art, Charlotte, NC, from on or about September 1, 2000, to on or 
about December 31, 2000, 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 and for further information, contact Ms. Neila Sheahan, 
Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 202/619-5030. 
The address is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: July 26, 1999.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-19604 Filed 7-29-99; 8:45 am]
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