Opportunity
Federal Register #2026-19975
State Department Notice on Culturally Significant Exhibition Object
Buyer
U.S. Department of State
Posted
September 30, 2026
Identifier
2026-19975
The U.S. Department of State has recognized an imported object as culturally significant for a planned temporary exhibition in the United States. - Government agency: U.S. Department of State; no sub-agency or office is identified. - Exhibition: “Making History: Manet’s ‘Execution of Maximilian’ from the National Gallery, London,” planned for the Norton Simon Museum of Art in Pasadena, California; additional venues may be identified. - Determination: The object is culturally significant, and its exhibition in the United States is in the national interest. - Procurement status: This is not a procurement opportunity and requests no products or services. No OEMs, vendors, quantities, or product part numbers are identified.
Description
The U.S. Department of State gives notice that an object imported from abroad for temporary display has been determined to be culturally significant, and that its exhibition in the United States is in the national interest. The object is to be displayed in “Making History: Manet's ‘Execution of Maximilian’ from the National Gallery, London” at the Norton Simon Museum of Art in Pasadena, California. Possible additional exhibitions or venues have not yet been determined. The notice concerns these determinations and does not describe a procurement opportunity.