| Sir Alfred Gilbert Exhibition [not held] | | | | 1987 | | | |
| Robert Casadesus Exhibition | | | | 1987 | | | |
| Indian Sculpture in Metal [cancelled] | | | | 1963 | | | 1963 |
| Japanese Arts and Crafts [Children's Museum] | | | | 1935 | October | 15 | 1935 |
| 39th Traveling Eshibition of Works by Artists of the Western Reserve | | | | 1966 | | | 1967 |
| The Pepsi-Cola Annual Art Competition | | | | 1946 | | | 1948 |
| The Architecture of Louis Sullivan [not held] | | | | 1949 | | | 1949 |
| Prado Exhibition [cancelled] | | | | 1977 | | | 1977 |
| Czechoslovakian Exhibition [cancelled] | | | | 1972 | | | 1973 |
| 43rd Traveling Exhibition | | | | 1972 | | | 1973 |
| Exhibition of Work by English Artists, Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art [Cleveland Institute of Art] | | | | 1976 | | | |
| American Painting Exhibition [cancelled] | | | | 1984 | | | |
| Children's Drawings from the Museum | | | | 1945 | October | 01 | 1945 |
| Index of American Design, Ohio Section | | April | 01 | 1938 | May | 09 | 1938 |
| The Colors of Ink | Link | April | 09 | 1974 | May | 12 | 1974 |
| North American Indian Art [Children's Museum] (1932) | | April | | 1932 | April | | 1932 |
| Landscape Etchings from Durer to Whistler | | April | 07 | 1918 | April | 30 | 1918 |
| Lithographs by Fantin-Latour lent by Charles L. Freer | | April | 09 | 1917 | July | 3 | 1917 |
| Work by Children of Members of the Museum | | April | 22 | 1936 | June | 11 | 1936 |
| The Ikle and Jacoby Collection of Laces and Embroideries | | April | 25 | 1962 | June | 03 | 1962 |
