Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determination: ``Gold of the Nomads: Scythian Treasures from Ancient Ukraine''

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 46473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21972]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determination: ``Gold of the Nomads: Scythian Treasures from Ancient 
Ukraine''

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, ``Gold of the Nomads: Scythian 
Treasures from Ancient Ukraine'' 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 San Antonio Museum of Art, San 
Antonio, TX, from on or about November 7, 1999, to on or about January 
30, 2000, and The Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, MD, from on or 
about March 5, 2000, to on or about May 28, 2000, and the Los Angeles 
County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, from on or about July 2, 2000, 
to on or about September 24, 2000, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art, 
Brooklyn, NY, from on or about October 29, 2000, to on or about January 
21, 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 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: August 18, 1999.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-21972 Filed 8-24-99; 8:45 am]
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