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.