| 19th-Century American Drawings by Mary A. Nims | | October | 16 | 1934 | November | 02 | 1934 |
| Henry Keller: Paintings of a Traveler | | October | 12 | 1993 | January | 02 | 1994 |
| Exhibition of the Month: A Portrait of the So-Called Column and Curtain School | | October | | 1943 | October | | 1943 |
| Masterworks on Loan, Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, "Madonna at the Fountain" by Jan van Eyck | Link | October | 09 | 2016 | February | 26 | 2017 |
| Islamic Architecture of Iran in photographs | | October | 31 | 1940 | December | 15 | 1940 |
| Historic Brocades, Damasks and Velvets (1931, 2) | | October | 08 | 1931 | January | | 1932 |
| Modern Art in Modest Size | | October | 09 | 1962 | November | 29 | 1962 |
| Techniques of Textile Printing | | October | 11 | 1948 | May | 29 | 1949 |
| When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian and Chinese Textiles in the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art | Link | October | 26 | 1997 | January | 04 | 1998 |
| The Spirit of Surrealism | Link | October | 03 | 1979 | November | 25 | 1979 |
| Embroideries from Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, Morocco and Algiers | | October | 31 | 1934 | December | 10 | 1934 |
| Ansel Adams: Photographs from the Permanent Collection | | October | 15 | 1993 | January | 09 | 1994 |
| Artists for Victory: Graphic Arts | | October | 01 | 1943 | October | 31 | 1943 |
| French Prints of the 16th and 17th Centuries (1940, 2) | | October | | 1940 | November | 17 | 1940 |
| Persian Art | | October | 29 | 1931 | November | 29 | 1931 |
| Year in Review (1962) | | October | 23 | 1962 | November | 28 | 1962 |
| Wedgewood: A Living Tradition | | October | 29 | 1948 | November | 28 | 1948 |
| France at the Dawn of Photography | | October | 04 | 2009 | January | 24 | 2010 |
| Surrealism in Perspective | | October | 03 | 1979 | January | 06 | 1980 |
| Paths of Abstract Art | Link | October | 05 | 1960 | November | 13 | 1960 |
