| Shelby Lee Adams Photographs: Appalachian Portraits | | April | 07 | 1995 | January | 04 | 1995 |
| Object in Focus: Beadwork Belt (Yet) 1994.87 | | April | 30 | 1998 | June | 08 | 1998 |
| Chinese Marionettes and Toys [Children's Museum] | | April | 13 | 1936 | May | 14 | 1936 |
| Recent Accessions | | April | | 1938 | April | | 1938 |
| Gothic Art | | April | | 1919 | May | | 1919 |
| French 19th Century Painting | | April | 02 | 1945 | April | 22 | 1945 |
| Focus: Fiber (1995) | | April | 19 | 1995 | June | 18 | 1995 |
| Etchings, Engravings, Lithographs and Drawings lent by FitzRoy Carrington | | April | 11 | 1922 | April | 26 | 1922 |
| Work by Children of Members of the Museum | | April | 22 | 1936 | June | 11 | 1936 |
| Index of American Design, Ohio Section | | April | 01 | 1938 | May | 09 | 1938 |
| American 19th Century Painting | | April | 02 | 1945 | April | 22 | 1945 |
| Greek Island Embroideries (1995) | | April | 21 | 1995 | May | | 1996 |
| Rubens in The Cleveland Museum of Art: A Tribute to his 400th Anniversary | | April | 15 | 1977 | May | 29 | 1977 |
| Spring Exhibition of the Cleveland Photographic Society | | April | 01 | 1917 | April | 8 | 1917 |
| Craft and Graphic Processes | | April | 05 | 1938 | June | | 1938 |
| Great Examples of Print Techniques | | April | 04 | 1945 | October | 14 | 1945 |
| Museum closed "because of plans to re-adapt the present building to new and changed uses." All subsequent exhibitions for 1957 were held at the Old Art School. | | April | 01 | 1957 | March | 05 | 1958 |
| Portrait of John D. Rockefeller by John Singer Sargent | | April | 07 | 1918 | April | 28 | 1918 |
| Alfredo Jaar | | April | 24 | 2017 | August | 06 | 2017 |
| Paintings by Ignacio Zuloaga lent by the artist and various owners | Link | April | 03 | 1917 | April | 25 | 1917 |
