Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: ``Egyptian Art in The Age of the Pyramids''

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 2277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-735]



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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Egyptian Art in The Age of the Pyramids''

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, ``Egyptian Art in The Age of the 
Pyramids'' (see list), imported from abroad for the temporary 
exhibition without profit within the United States, are of cultural 
significance. These objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements 
with foreign lenders. I also determine that the exhibition or display 
of the listed objects at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from September 
13, 1999 to January 9, 2000 is in the national interest.

    Public Notice of these Determinations is ordered to be published in 
the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Epstein, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General 
Counsel, 202/619-6981, and the address is Room 700, U.S. Information 
Agency, 301 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: January 7, 1999.
R. Wallace Stuart,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-735 Filed 1-12-99; 8:45 am]
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