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The main activity of the Geological Museum of the Barcelona Seminary is the study of fossils, especially of invertebrates. This museum is owned by the Archbishopric of Barcelona and was founded in 1874, although it has a precedent for the Natural History Office, which was created in 1817, and was later added to the Episcopal Library. The first director of the Museum was Dr. Jaime Almera (1845-1919), who entered the world of Geology at the hands of J.J. Landerer, a geologist and astronomer in Tortosa, who taught him practical geology (Morella region) and sponsored his entry into the Geological Society of France in 1877. In 1885 and commissioned by the Barcelona Provincial Council, he dedicated himself to making of the geological map of the province of Barcelona, ​​a map that is still used and has been highly praised by scientists both domestic and foreign. In 1898 it obtained that the Geological Society of France had an extraordinary meeting in Barcelona and where the Museum had a leading role. Almera wrote important paleontological monographs on the Miocene fossils and on the pliocenic lands near Barcelona, ​​today almost disappeared by urban pressure. Its name is perpetuated in the new building of the CSIC, projected in 1965 and inaugurated later. To its death the Museum went through difficulties, since the preconed one like future Director, Mn Norberto Font i Sagué had died in 1910 of typhus. Font i Sagué was a good scientist, introductor in Catalonia of caving and author of a Course in Geology in Catalan. In 1926, Josep Ramon Bataller (1890-1962) continued the work of Dr. Almera as director of the Museum. He was the first professor of paleontology at the University of Barcelona (1955), doctor honoris causa by the University of Toulouse and member of various scientific societies. In his research path include the study of fossils of the Mesozoic, of major importance, especially for his work on cretaceous corals. It had an important relation with the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, determining fossils and studying and writing different sheets of the national geological map at a scale of 1: 50000. In 1951, it was linked to the Higher Center for Scientific Research. This connection between the CSIC and the Museum reached its apogee with its successor, Dr. Via, created in 1966 and in the Museum itself the Biostratigraphy Section of the CSIC

In 1926, Josep Ramon Bataller (1890-1962) continued the work of Dr. Almera as director of the Museum. He was the first professor of paleontology at the University of Barcelona (1955), doctor honoris causa by the University of Toulouse and member of various scientific societies. In his research path include the study of fossils of the Mesozoic, of major importance, especially for his work on cretaceous corals. It had an important relation with the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, determining fossils and studying and writing different sheets of the national geological map at a scale of 1: 50000. In 1951, it was linked to the Higher Center for Scientific Research. This connection between the CSIC and the Museum reached its apogee with its successor, Dr. Via, created in 1966 and in the Museum itself the Biostratigraphy Section of the CSIC. In 1962 Dr. Luís Via (1910-1991) replaced the Dr. Warrior in the direction of the MGSB. Dr. Via was an assistant professor of Dr. Knight. His doctoral dissertation, which won the highest prize, focuses on crabs in the Spanish Eocene. In this regard he was a world famous specialist. During its management the Museum was enriched in all aspects, both material with new dependencies and scientist with more showcases and a specialized library and it was endeavored to open it to the wise and serious fans. During his address, the centenary of the Museum was properly celebrated. After the death of Dr. Via the direction of the Museum passed to Dr. Sebastián Calzada, who in 1975 received his doctorate with a dissertation on Cretaceous Levante Cretaceous brachiopods. Calzada is the author of many articles of a paleontological nature, he has tried to deepen in the diffusion of the Museum in all the aspects, mainly in his external projection with specialized magazines and insisting on the investigation and later spreading. In that aspect it is to point out the work of D. José Francisco Carrasco (equinodemos), of D. Ramón Mañé (fish), of the Messrs. Magrans and Ferrer (paleozoic fauna) of Dr. Antonio Abad (eocenic fauna) and lately by D. Juan Corbacho (Trilobites of Morocco). In addition he promoted and consolidated the Association of Friends of the Museum, (1994) with the help of Mn. Santiago Casanova, (1922-2011) collaborator of the Museum from Dr. Bataller and first president of said Association.

It also facilitated D. José Mª Asensi the creation of the Carles Room for teaching purposes, opened in 2000. Calzada is a specialist in cretaceous brachiopods and gastropods Since 1939, when the collections were redone, the Seminary Geological Museum is receiving many fossil entries without interruption. As of October 2013, the number of inventoried taxa was 80,576. The documentation to carry out the task of classification and study forms a specialized library that exceeds 14,000 titles. It also has a laboratory capable of preparing fossils. It also has a very important historical archive (Funds Almera, Vidal, Font, Faura, Bataller, Via, Candel, Solé Sabarís, Reig, Fontboté, Villalta, Parsley, Zamarreño etc.) Numerous researchers from around the world visit the Museum to study the material of their specialty. Since 1988 the annual magazine Batalleria has been published, reflecting part of the research carried out and spreading the life in the Museum. In 2009 he was awarded the "Creu de Sant Jordi of the Generalitat de Catalunya" in recognition of his valuable scientific work. The Museum works closely with the Geological Institute of Catalonia.
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