Notice2023-18403

Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “Africa & Byzantium” Exhibition

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August 28, 2023

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Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition "Africa & Byzantium" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio; and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 58631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18403]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12156]


Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being 
Imported for Exhibition--Determinations: ``Africa & Byzantium'' 
Exhibition

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I 
hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad 
pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for 
temporary display in the exhibition ``Africa & Byzantium'' at The 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; the Cleveland Museum of 
Art, Cleveland, Ohio; and at possible additional exhibitions or venues 
yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that 
their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as 
aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public 
Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6471; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f7849294839e9899c5c3c2ceb78483968392d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5023353324393f3e626465691023243124357e373f26">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>). The mailing address is U.S. 
Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street NW (SA-5), Suite 5H03, 
Washington, DC 20522-0505.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The foregoing determinations were made 
pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 
(79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 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 Delegation of Authority No. 523 of December 22, 2021.

Nicole L. Elkon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, 
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2023-18403 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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