History of the collection
| 1796 | Foundation of the museum under Emperor Franz Ist as a museum of the Pathologic-Anatomical Institute. |
| 1796 | Aloys Rudolf Vetter first prosector and curator of the museum. |
| 1803 | Hürtl curator of the museum. |
| 1811 | Lorenz Biermayer chairman of the board of institute and museum. He was author of the first handwritten catalogue. |
| 1829 | Johann Wagner chairman of the board of institute and museum. He dissected Ludwig van Beethoven. |
| 1832 | Freiherr Carl von Rokitansky chairman of the board of institute and museum. Founder of the Anthropological Society. |
| 1875 | Richard Heschl chairman of the board of institute and museum. |
| 1882 | Hans Kundrat chairman of the board of institute and museum. |
| 1894 | Anton Weichselbaum chairman of the board of institute and museum. |
| 1916 | Alexander Kolisko chairman of the board of institute and museum. |
| 1920 | Heinrich Albrecht chairman of the board of institute and museum. |
| 1922 | Rudolf Maresch chairman of the board of institute and museum. |
| 1937 | Hermann Chiari chairman of the board of institute and museum. |
| 1946 | Hofrat Dr. K. Portele becomes curator of the museum. |
| 1974 | Hofrat Dr. K. Portele becomes first managing director of the Federal Pathologic-Anatomical Museum. |