| American Colonial Portraits | | February | | 1939 | February | | 1939 |
| American Colonial and Federalist Portraits | | June | 13 | 1945 | October | 20 | 1945 |
| American Cities: An Artist's View | | October | 17 | 1989 | January | 07 | 1990 |
| American Arts and Crafts 1890-1920 | | June | 28 | 1988 | October | 09 | 1988 |
| American Artists in the Armory Show | | June | 27 | 1963 | September | 16 | 1963 |
| American 19th Century Painting | | April | 02 | 1945 | April | 22 | 1945 |
| America In the War: Prints | | September | 28 | 1943 | October | 24 | 1943 |
| America Draws | | December | 28 | 1984 | March | 17 | 1985 |
| Amelia Elizabeth White Collection of North American Indian Art | | February | 03 | 1938 | March | 06 | 1938 |
| Ámà: The Gathering Place | | August | 02 | 2019 | December | 01 | 2019 |
| Alvin Langdon Coburn: A Retrospective | Link | July | 23 | 1986 | August | 31 | 1986 |
| Alone in a Crowd: Prints by African-American Artists of the 1930s-40s from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams | Link | April | 22 | 1997 | July | 06 | 1997 |
| Allora & Calzadilla: Ecosystems | | May | 20 | 2019 | August | 01 | 2019 |
| Allen Ruppersberg: Then and Now | | July | 01 | 2018 | December | 02 | 2018 |
| All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels from Cleveland | | November | 23 | 1994 | January | 08 | 1995 |
| Alfredo Jaar | | April | 24 | 2017 | August | 06 | 2017 |
| Alex Katz: Nocturnal Paintings | Link | May | 31 | 1988 | August | 21 | 1988 |
| Aleksandra Domanović | | October | 07 | 2014 | December | 14 | 2014 |
| Albrecht Durer--500th Anniversary | | February | 19 | 1971 | March | 28 | 1971 |
| Albrecht Durer and His Influence | | January | 16 | 1991 | March | 10 | 1991 |
