Tara Hornung

About Tara Hornung

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. To this end, Artifact Conservation Services provides on-site preservation assessment, collections management, and conservation treatment of art and artifacts for government, 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 20••••10 with a focus on New World polychrome sculpture and Native Arts. Tara is a Peer-Reviewed Professional Associate (PA) member of American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and a Collections Assessor for the Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) Program.

Experience

1. Contract Conservator

   National Park Service

   Jan 2005 — Present

   20••••24) Competitive ContractsAssisted NPS units with Preventive Care programs: Conducted on-site Museum Collection Condition Surveys, Conservation Condition Surveys, conservation treatment projects, and prepared core museum planning documents such as Integrated Pest Management (IPM)/ Museum Housekeeping plans for National Park Service (NPS) Historic Site projects-\"Preparation of a combined Integrated Pest Management Plan and Museum Housekeeping Plan for multiple National Park Service (NPS) units located in Idaho, Montana, and Washington\"-“Collection Condition Survey for Collections at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve”-\"Prepare Museum Integrated Pest Management Plans for Chaco Culture National Historical Park and Aztec Ruins National Monument\"-\"Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Metals Conservation Condition Survey and Treatment Project\"-\"Museum Collection Condition Survey: Port Chicago Naval Magazine Memorial\"-\"Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site TUIN/TUAI/SEMO- Collection Condition Survey\"(2005, 2009) Intermountain Region Museum Services Program (formerly Western Archaeological and Conservation Center): Assisted NPS Conservators with on-site conservation treatments for Historic Grand Canyon Boats; Assisted NPS Conservators with conservation treatments for metal objects from the Petrified National Forest, NPS.

Education

• Indiana University Bloomington

  East Asian Studies, Journalism

  1990 — 1992

• The Institute of Fine Arts, NYU

  MA, Conservation of Cultural Works, History of Art and Archaeology

  2005 — 2009

• Temple University

  BA, Photography, Studio Arts

  1994 — 1999