| Exhibition of Prints and Drawings | | October | 10 | 1927 | October | 31 | 1927 |
| American Paintings, 20th Century | | October | | 1952 | November | | 1952 |
| Knife, Fork and Spoon, circulated by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis | | October | 30 | 1951 | November | 25 | 1951 |
| Work of George Cohen | | October | 26 | 1966 | November | 20 | 1966 |
| Netherlandish Drawings from the Permanent Collection | | October | 10 | 1989 | December | 31 | 1989 |
| Cartoons Pertaining to the World War by Louis Raemaekers | | October | 24 | 1917 | November | 21 | 1917 |
| Oriental Marionettes and Shadow Figures [Children's Museum] | | October | | 1932 | October | | 1932 |
| Embroideries from Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, Morocco and Algiers | | October | 31 | 1934 | December | 10 | 1934 |
| The Incas: Photographs circulated by Life Magazine | | October | 03 | 1946 | October | 29 | 1946 |
| Mountains, Rocks, and Water: Landscape Painting in Asia | | October | 02 | 1987 | January | 04 | 1988 |
| A Passion for Prints: The John Bonebrake Donation | | October | 02 | 2011 | January | 29 | 2012 |
| William Morris: Designing an Earthly Paradise | Link | October | 29 | 2017 | January | 13 | 2019 |
| Special Exhibition of Medieval Choral Pages | | October | 27 | 1927 | December | 20 | 1927 |
| Etchings by Anders Leonard Zorn and D.[avid] Y.[oung] Cameron (reinstalled with additional works) | | October | 06 | 1919 | November | 12 | 1919 |
| Oriental Collection | | October | | 1952 | October | | 1952 |
| Egyptian Art | | October | 01 | 1974 | June | 05 | 1975 |
| Northern Landscape Traditions: The 16th and 17th Centuries | | October | 10 | 1989 | December | 31 | 1989 |
| Exhibition of Modern Architecture | | October | 27 | 1932 | December | 04 | 1932 |
| 200 Years of British Prints | | October | 03 | 1984 | February | 03 | 1985 |
| Hank Willis Thomas | Link | October | 20 | 2013 | March | 09 | 2014 |
