Billing Code 4710-05
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice:12453]
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for
Exhibition – Determinations: “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350” 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 “Siena: The
Rise of Painting, 1300-1350” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New
York, 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; e-mail:
section2459@state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C
Street, NW (SA-5), Suite 5H03, Washington, D.C. 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), 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. 236-3
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. 2024-15253 Filed: 7/10/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/11/2024]