Billing Code 4710-05
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice:12451]
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for
Exhibition – Determinations: “Venice and the Ottoman Empire” 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 “Venice and
the Ottoman Empire” at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina; the
Telfair Museums, Savannah, Georgia; the Frist Art Museum, Nashville, Tennessee; 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. 2024-15546 Filed: 7/15/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/16/2024]