Sarah Scaturro moved to Cleveland from NYC at the beginning of the pandemic and has never looked back. 

Cleveland Museum of Art Chief Conservator Sarah Scaturro says the biggest draw to move to Cleveland was not just the art museum, but the industries here that allow the museum to uphold its international reputation. She is grateful for Cleveland’s manufacturing industry that produces polymers, essential for art conservation. 

She came to Cleveland after serving as the head of the fashion conservation laboratory at the Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art and textile conservator and assistant curator at the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.  

Outside of work, Sarah loves walking everywhere, checking out other galleries around town, hiking the Metroparks, and lists Home Bistro in Little Italy and Cloak and Dagger in Tremont as her favorite restaurant and cocktail bar. 

“Cleveland is getting a reputation as a really great place to live, a great place to work, and a great place to experience life’s bounty,” she says. “Art, culture, and nature.” 

This is part of an occasional series about people who have made The Land their home. Know a transplant who’d like to share their story? Let us know. 

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