the museum of the mediterranean is a museum located in torroella de montgrí, 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.