Kate Fugett is Preventive Conservator at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. She has previously worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, the Brooklyn Museum, the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum and in private practice. She received a dual degree Master of Art and Master of Science in Conservation from University College London, Institute of Archaeology. She completed internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Natural History Museum, London, UK, and National Museums Scotland.