| The 61st Annual May Show | | April | 16 | 1980 | May | 18 | 1980 |
| Paintings by Ignacio Zuloaga lent by the artist and various owners | Link | April | 03 | 1917 | April | 25 | 1917 |
| Japanese Prints from the Museum Collections | | April | 08 | 1929 | April | 28 | 1929 |
| Italian Textiles | | April | 16 | 1921 | May | 13 | 1921 |
| French Paintings from the Museum Collection | | April | 24 | 1950 | June | 11 | 1950 |
| Drawings by Members' Children's Classes | | April | 26 | 1949 | May | 08 | 1949 |
| Focus: Fiber (1991) | | April | 03 | 1991 | May | 12 | 1991 |
| Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions | | April | 19 | 1997 | June | 29 | 1997 |
| Exhibit of Student Work | | April | 15 | 1975 | June | 15 | 1975 |
| Portrait of President [Woodrow] Wilson by John Singer Sargent | | April | 07 | 1918 | April | 28 | 1918 |
| British Mezzotint Portraits [2] | Link | April | 12 | 1933 | April | 30 | 1933 |
| Early Chinese Art from the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection | | April | 29 | 1980 | September | 28 | 1980 |
| Lithographs of English Munitions Works by Joseph Pennell, lent by S.[almon] P. Halle [1] | | April | 09 | 1917 | April | 30 | 1917 |
| 11th Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen [May Show] | | April | 23 | 1929 | June | 02 | 1929 |
| 12th Annual Circuit Exhibition of the Ohio Watercolor Society | | April | 02 | 1937 | April | 21 | 1937 |
| Paintings from the Museum Collection (1949) | | April | 26 | 1949 | June | 12 | 1949 |
| A Graphic Odyssey: Romare Bearden as Printmaker | Link | April | 22 | 1997 | July | 06 | 1997 |
| Japanese Dolls [Children's Museum] | | April | 06 | 1927 | July | 15 | 1927 |
| Paintings by [George] Gardner Symons, James R. Hopkins, and Frederick C. Frieseke | | April | 07 | 1918 | April | 30 | 1918 |
| Exhibition of the Month: Ways of Drawing Nudes | | April | 01 | 1945 | May | 27 | 1945 |
