| American Painting Exhibition [cancelled] | | | | 1984 | | | |
| 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 | | | |
| Children's Drawings from the Museum | | | | 1945 | October | 01 | 1945 |
| Focus: Fiber (1991) | | April | 03 | 1991 | May | 12 | 1991 |
| American Drawings from the Permanent Collection | | April | 19 | 1998 | July | 12 | 1998 |
| Shelby Lee Adams Photographs: Appalachian Portraits | | April | 07 | 1995 | January | 04 | 1995 |
| Italian Engravings of the 15th and 16th Centuries | | April | 08 | 1921 | September | 06 | 1921 |
| Collection of Easter Egg Material [Children's Museum] | | April | 06 | 1936 | April | 21 | 1936 |
| Japanese Prints from CMA Collections (1938) | | April | 13 | 1938 | April | 25 | 1938 |
| Object in Focus: Beadwork Belt (Yet) 1994.87 | | April | 30 | 1998 | June | 08 | 1998 |
