The volume dedicated to the domain of natural history appeared since the 19th century, the first issue dating from 1849 under the name Verhandlungen und Mitteilungen der Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften zu Hermannstadt.
Since 1958, the volume appeared under the name Studii şi comunicări. Muzeul Brukenthal, including articles in Romanian and other international languages. Since 2006 the magazine circulation was resumed under the name Brukenthal.Acta Musei, and since 2010 the magazine is published in English only