Federal Register: May 13, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 93)
DOCID: fr13my08-111 FR Doc E8-10652
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
State Department
DOCUMENT ID: [Public Notice 6220]
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr13my08-111
ACTION: Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations:
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: ``Benin--Kings and Rituals: Court Arts From Nigeria''
DOCUMENT 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, 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 of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects in the exhibition: ``BeninKings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria,'' 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 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, from on or about July 10, 2008, until on or about September 21, 2008, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.
SUMMARY:
Benin - Kings and Rituals; Court Arts from Nigeria,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
For further information, including a
list of the exhibit objects, contact Julie Simpson, AttorneyAdviser,
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202
4538050). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 205470001.
Dated: May 7, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E810652 Filed 51208; 8:45 am]
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