Museum of the Mediterranean
The Museum of the Mediterranean in Torroella de Montgrí
The Museum of the Mediterranean is a museum in Torroella de Montgrí, Catalonia, Spain.
The museum was founded in 2003, in an attempt to become an area for knowledge, reflection and research for the problems and worries that affect citizens in the 21st century. It is housed in Can Quintana, a 16th-century building. It is dedicated to the knowledge and communication of the Mediterranean Sea and uses the natural sounds, human sounds and music to show the reality of the land, the history and the culture of the village of Torroella, connected with the others Mediterranean cultures and towns. It pretends to become a site to think about the nearest territory and the main issues that affect the different Mediterranean nations.
It is also an Interpretation Centre of the Natural Park of Montgrí, Medes Islands and Lower Ter. Besides, it hosts the Documentation Centre of Montgrí, Medes Islands and Lower Ter and the Academic Chair of Littoral Mediterranean Ecosystems.
History of the museum
The Museum of the Mediterranean was the descendant of Museum of Montgrí and Lower Ter, known as the Museum of Montgrí, founded at the early 1980s. This old museum was located in Casa Pastors, an ancient building of the town and it used to collect and communicate the multiple cultural and natural heritage of the town and surrounding territory. The moving to the building of Can Quintana, in May 2003, it was the opportunity to modernize the exhibitions and topics, now focused into Mediterranean natural and cultural heritage.
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