| French Paintings, 19th through 20th Centuries | | October | | 1952 | November | 02 | 1952 |
| Exhibition of the Mask | | October | 27 | 1951 | January | 14 | 1952 |
| Henry Keller: Paintings of a Traveler | | October | 12 | 1993 | January | 02 | 1994 |
| Art for Collectors | | October | 05 | 1971 | November | 07 | 1971 |
| Work by Students of The Cleveland School of Art (1923) | | October | 17 | 1923 | October | 29 | 1923 |
| Drawings from the Members' Children in the Saturday Morning Classes | | October | | 1939 | October | | 1939 |
| Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany, Lalique | Link | October | 19 | 2008 | January | 18 | 2009 |
| American Paintings, 20th Century | | October | | 1952 | November | | 1952 |
| Primitive Art [Children's Museum] | | October | 16 | 1935 | | | |
| Work of Students of Northeastern Ohio in the 1951 National Scholastic Competition | | October | 30 | 1951 | December | 02 | 1951 |
| Ansel Adams: Photographs from the Permanent Collection | | October | 15 | 1993 | January | 09 | 1994 |
| Caravaggio, A Survey of His Work | | October | 29 | 1971 | January | 02 | 1972 |
| Art of Sub-Saharan Africa (Gallery reinstallation opening) | Link | October | 12 | 2003 | | | |
| Contemporary Drawings lent by Mrs. Albert Sterner | | October | 24 | 1923 | December | 10 | 1923 |
| Primitive Art [Children's Museum] (1939) | | October | | 1939 | October | | 1939 |
| Drawings by Children in Special Classes | | October | 01 | 1946 | October | 30 | 1946 |
| Oriental Collection | | October | | 1952 | October | | 1952 |
| Imagining the Garden | | October | 31 | 2015 | March | 06 | 2016 |
| Paintings from Museum Collections | | October | 28 | 1935 | December | 27 | 1935 |
| Knife, Fork and Spoon, circulated by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis | | October | 30 | 1951 | November | 25 | 1951 |
