| Exhibition of American Paintings from CMA Collections | | August | 23 | 1939 | October | 23 | 1939 |
| Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz'u-chou Type Wares, AD 960-1600 | | August | 05 | 1981 | September | 06 | 1981 |
| The American Way in Sculpture 1890-1930 | Link | August | 13 | 1986 | October | 19 | 1986 |
| George Inness: An American Landscape Painter | Link | August | 21 | 1985 | October | 06 | 1985 |
| Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection | Link | August | 17 | 2003 | November | 09 | 2003 |
| Drawings by the Gallery Classes | | August | 15 | 1945 | September | 30 | 1945 |
| Bent Wood and Metal Furniture:1850-1946 | Link | August | 24 | 1988 | October | 16 | 1988 |
| English Decorative Arts (1981) | | August | 13 | 1981 | October | | 1981 |
| New Photographs from the Museum Collection | | August | 15 | 1986 | October | 26 | 1986 |
| The Third Dimension: Sculpture of the New York School | Link | August | 21 | 1985 | October | 13 | 1985 |
| Cleveland Artists (1981) | | August | 24 | 1981 | September | 20 | 1981 |
| R.A.F. on the Target | Link | August | 31 | 1943 | September | 09 | 1943 |
| Staff Art Show 2013 | | August | 20 | 2013 | December | 01 | 2013 |
| The Decade of the Armory Show | | August | 06 | 1963 | September | 15 | 1963 |
| Parade of Progress [Cleveland Convention Center] | | August | | 1964 | September | | 1964 |
| Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages | | August | 25 | 1981 | January | 03 | 1982 |
| Emeka Ogboh: Akwétè | | August | 02 | 2019 | December | 01 | 2019 |
| Gothic Art 1360-1440 | Link | August | 08 | 1963 | September | 15 | 1963 |
| Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen | | August | 01 | 1984 | October | 14 | 1984 |
| Ralph Steiner Photographs | | August | 14 | 1984 | October | 07 | 1984 |
