[Federal Register: August 25, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 164)]
[Notices]               
[Page 46473]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr25au99-136]                         

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

 
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late 
Middle Ages''

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 ``Tilman Riemenschneider: Master 
Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages,'' 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 National Gallery of Art from 
October 3, 1999 to January 9, 2000 and at the Metropolitan Museum of 
Art, New York, NY from February 7, 2000 to May 14, 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 or other information, please contact Paul Manning, Assistant 
General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 202/619-5997. 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. 99-21971 Filed 8-24-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8230-01-M