Tara Hornung is the owner and principal of Artifact Conservation Services, a woman owned small business founded in 2010 with the mission to manage, care for, treat, and document works of art and artifacts according to professional museum standards for the benefit of heritage stewards, researchers, and the public. Artifact Conservation Services provides on-site preservation assessment, collections management, and conservation treatment of art and artifacts for museum, corporate, and private collections.
Tara earned a Master of Arts in the History of Art and Archaeology and an Advanced Certificate (now Master of Science) in Conservation of Cultural Works from the Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University in 2009 with specialization in Objects Conservation. Tara was a Samuel H. Kress Foundation Advanced Conservation Fellow from 2009-2010 with a focus on New World polychrome sculpture and Native Arts . Tara is a Professional Member of American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and a Collections Assessor for the Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Program.