| Object in Focus: \Under the Trees\ from the Cycle \The Public Gardens\ 1953.212 | | September | 29 | 1998 | November | 29 | 1998 |
| Backwaters: Landscape Photographs by Thomas Joshua Cooper | | October | 24 | 1998 | January | 06 | 1999 |
| Cleveland Collects Contemporary Art (1998) | Link | November | 08 | 1998 | January | 10 | 1999 |
| Mediterranean: Photographs by Mimmo Jodice | | November | 27 | 1998 | February | 21 | 1999 |
| Object in Focus: Elephant Mask 1985.1082 | | December | 01 | 1998 | January | 31 | 1999 |
| Object in Focus: Navajo Drypainting Replica 1990.72 | | January | 06 | 1998 | February | 09 | 1998 |
| Joel Sternfeld Photographs: On This Site | | January | 10 | 1998 | March | 18 | 1998 |
| Faces and Facades: The Cleveland Museum of Art 1916-1998 | | February | 07 | 1998 | | | |
| Vatican Treasures: Early Christian, Renaissance, and Baroque Art from the Papal Collections | Link | February | 08 | 1998 | April | 12 | 1998 |
| Poetic Pasts: Digital Photography by Martina Lopez | | January | 17 | 1997 | March | 23 | 1997 |
| Sol LeWitt Prints 1970-1995 | Link | February | 02 | 1997 | March | 23 | 1997 |
| Thomas Eakins: The Rowing Pictures | Link | February | 19 | 1997 | May | 15 | 1997 |
| Faberge in America | Link | March | 09 | 1997 | May | 11 | 1997 |
| Kenro Izu Photographs: Light Over Ancient Angkor | | April | 05 | 1997 | June | 05 | 1997 |
| Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions | | April | 19 | 1997 | June | 29 | 1997 |
| A Graphic Odyssey: Romare Bearden as Printmaker | Link | April | 22 | 1997 | July | 06 | 1997 |
| Alone in a Crowd: Prints by African-American Artists of the 1930s-40s from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams | Link | April | 22 | 1997 | July | 06 | 1997 |
| Manet, Monet, Whistler: Three Masterpieces | | May | 25 | 1997 | January | 04 | 1998 |
| Birney Imes Photographs: Whispering Pines | | June | 07 | 1997 | August | 14 | 1997 |
| Glass Today: American Studio Glass from Cleveland Collections | Link | June | 22 | 1997 | September | 14 | 1997 |
