| The 63rd Annual May Show | | April | 21 | 1982 | May | 30 | 1982 |
| 11th Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen [May Show] | | April | 23 | 1929 | June | 02 | 1929 |
| British Mezzotint Portraits [2] | Link | April | 12 | 1933 | April | 30 | 1933 |
| 17th Century Netherlandish Graphics | | April | 27 | 1982 | August | 01 | 1982 |
| Textile Designs by Leon Bakst | | April | 30 | 1929 | May | 15 | 1929 |
| Exhibition of the Month: Ways of Drawing Nudes | | April | 01 | 1945 | May | 27 | 1945 |
| Focus Fiber: 1981 Annual Textile Arts Club Exhibition | | April | 15 | 1981 | May | 10 | 1981 |
| Japanese Dolls [Children's Museum] | | April | 06 | 1927 | July | 15 | 1927 |
| 12th Annual Circuit Exhibition of the Ohio Watercolor Society | | April | 02 | 1937 | April | 21 | 1937 |
| Object in Focus: \Ludovic Lepic Holding His Dog\ 1988.93 | | April | 19 | 1998 | July | 12 | 1998 |
| The Scholar in Art | | April | 19 | 1968 | April | 28 | 1968 |
| Chinese Art (1929) | | April | | 1929 | April | | 1929 |
| Greek Island Embroideries from the Museum Collections (1930) | | April | 02 | 1930 | November | 17 | 1930 |
| Photos and Reproductions of Latin American Art | | April | 02 | 1945 | May | 25 | 1945 |
| Shelby Lee Adams Photographs: Appalachian Portraits | | April | 07 | 1995 | January | 04 | 1995 |
| Greek Island Embroideries from the Museum Collections | | April | 07 | 1927 | November | 30 | 1927 |
| Etchings and Aquatints from Turner | | April | 03 | 1937 | May | 27 | 1937 |
| American Drawings from the Permanent Collection | | April | 19 | 1998 | July | 12 | 1998 |
| May Show Retrospective - 50 Years | | April | 23 | 1968 | June | 16 | 1968 |
| Alfredo Jaar | | April | 24 | 2017 | August | 06 | 2017 |
