President and Founder

Wildlife Preservations, LLC

George Dante Studios, LLC

The Institute for Natural History Arts

 

George Dante is an acclaimed taxidermist, sculptor, model maker, and fine artist. With a devoted love for art and nature from an early age, it wasn’t long before his lifelong career path had been set. He began practicing taxidermy at the age of seven, and founded Wildlife Preservations, LLC while in high school. George continued to develop his company while obtaining a Bachelor of Arts from the School of Visual Arts and soon earned the reputation as a world-renowned provider of natural history exhibit services. George Dante Studios, LLC continues to provide these highly specialized skills including the restoration and conservation of historic specimens and dioramas. George has been entrusted with the care of some of the rarest specimens and collections in the world and his clients include the American Museum of Natural History, The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Harvard University, National Geographic, Oxford University, and the Field Museum.