| The Pepsi-Cola Annual Art Competition | | | | 1946 | | | 1948 |
| Color Reproductions of Paintings | | January | 05 | 1932 | | | |
| Special Exhibition of Sculpture selected by the National Sculpture Society | | March | 12 | 1919 | | | |
| Austrian Drawings | | February | 16 | 1931 | | | |
| American Contemporary Prints | | January | 02 | 1942 | | | |
| The Architecture of Louis Sullivan [not held] | | | | 1949 | | | 1949 |
| Materials from Excavations at Seleucia | | July | 14 | 1932 | | | |
| Watercolors from Museum Collections | | February | 28 | 1939 | | | |
| Exhibition of Embroidery Design | | November | 05 | 1952 | | | |
| 16th- and 17th-Century Engravings | | March | 10 | 1922 | | | |
| Drawings by the Open Class for Non-Members' Children | | June | 10 | 1940 | | | |
| Prado Exhibition [cancelled] | | | | 1977 | | | 1977 |
| Modern Drawings | | March | 26 | 1935 | | | |
| Art of Sub-Saharan Africa (Gallery reinstallation opening) | Link | October | 12 | 2003 | | | |
| Decorative Metals and Cotton Fabrics | | March | 11 | 1931 | | | |
| Pastels by J.[ohn] McLure Hamilton lent by the artist and Mrs. E.[dward] H. Harriman | | January | 06 | 1917 | | | |
| Opening of New Oriental Galleries | | June | | 1970 | | | |
| American Painting | | December | 05 | 1939 | | | |
| Modern Bronzes, | | February | 17 | 1923 | | | |
| Opening of New Education Wing | | February | | 1971 | | | |
