| Shelby Lee Adams Photographs: Appalachian Portraits | | April | 07 | 1995 | January | 04 | 1995 |
| Exhibit of Student Work | | April | 15 | 1975 | June | 15 | 1975 |
| Object in Focus: Toward a Definition of an \Early Western\ Tibetan Style | | April | 24 | 2001 | June | 24 | 2001 |
| The 68th May Show | | April | 22 | 1987 | May | 31 | 1987 |
| 14th Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen [May Show] | | April | 27 | 1932 | June | 05 | 1932 |
| Chinese Art (1929) | | April | | 1929 | April | | 1929 |
| American Drawings from the Permanent Collection | | April | 19 | 1998 | July | 12 | 1998 |
| Masterworks of Ming and Qing Painting from the Forbidden City | Link | April | 16 | 1989 | May | 21 | 1989 |
| Ninth Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen [May Show] | | April | 27 | 1927 | June | 05 | 1927 |
| Geometry in Art and Architecture | | April | 01 | 1942 | May | 03 | 1942 |
| Focus: Fiber (1995) | | April | 19 | 1995 | June | 18 | 1995 |
| 16th Annual Circuit Exhibition by the Ohio Water Color Society | | April | 03 | 1941 | April | 30 | 1941 |
| Japanese Stencils | Link | April | | 1932 | April | | 1932 |
| Object in Focus: Beadwork Belt (Yet) 1994.87 | | April | 30 | 1998 | June | 08 | 1998 |
| Italian Etchers of the Renaissance and Baroque | Link | April | 25 | 1989 | June | 25 | 1989 |
| Spring Exhibition of the Cleveland Photographic Society | | April | 01 | 1917 | April | 8 | 1917 |
| Drawings by Museum Children | | April | 27 | 1927 | June | 14 | 1927 |
| 17th Annual Circuit Exhibition of Paintings by Members of the Ohio Water Color Society | | April | 03 | 1942 | May | 03 | 1942 |
| Greek Island Embroideries (1995) | | April | 21 | 1995 | May | | 1996 |
| The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southeast Africa | Link | April | 16 | 2011 | February | 26 | 2012 |
