We are so pleased to welcome Victoria (Torie) Levesque to the team as the Communications and Engagement Coordinator for the Friends of the Maine State Museum. Torie’s role will be crucial in promoting the museum’s much anticipated reopening in 2026 and helping to launch the organization into an exciting new era.

Torie holds more than a decade of communications, outreach, and fundraising experience. She has worked at museums and historical organizations throughout the state, including Maine Historical Society and Victoria Mansion in Portland and Pejepscot History Center in Brunswick.

She most recently served as Director of Development for the Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed in Winthrop and as a consultant for the nonprofit, In Her Presence, in Portland. She currently sits on the Board of Trustees of the Hubbard Free Library in Hallowell. 

Torie earned a B.A. in Art History from Suffolk University before going on to earn an M.A. in History from McGill University. She also grew up right down the street from the Maine State Museum, which fostered her early love for museums and Maine history. Her addition to the team comes full circle, as she completed her high school senior capstone project on digital exhibitions at the museum nearly two decades ago.

She looks forward to implementing a fun and informative rollout of the museum’s marketing plan to reach new audiences- and welcome back the longstanding friends and supporters eagerly awaiting the museum’s reopening! 

Torie lives in Hallowell with her dog Betsey and in her spare time, enjoys crafting, cooking, and inventing new games with her young niece and nephew.