| Recent Accessions in Decorative Arts | | February | | 1923 | April | | 1923 |
| North American Indian Art [Children's Museum] (1932) | | April | | 1932 | April | | 1932 |
| 15th- and 16th-Century Italian Engravings | | November | | 1937 | November | | 1937 |
| One Thousand Years of Japanese Art [Japan House, New York] | Link | March | | 1981 | May | | 1981 |
| Small Bronzes from the National Sculpture Society through The American Federation of Arts | | April | | 1920 | April | | 1920 |
| Modern European Wooden Toys [Children's Museum] (1933, 2) | | July | | 1933 | July | | 1933 |
| Water Colors from the Museum Collection (1938, 3) | | December | | 1938 | December | | 1938 |
| International Oil Paintings | | February | | 1923 | February | | 1923 |
| Craft and Graphic Processes | | April | 05 | 1938 | June | | 1938 |
| Small Sculptures in Many Mediums [Children's Museum] | | November | | 1937 | November | | 1937 |
| Children (1931, 2) | | October | | 1931 | October | | 1931 |
| Cleveland Artists from the Cleveland Museum of Art [installed in mayor's office] | | September | | 1982 | November | | 1982 |
| Contemporary Prints | | February | | 1923 | February | | 1923 |
| Miscellaneous Paintings and Water Colors from the Museum | | October | | 1925 | October | | 1925 |
| Drawings from the Museum Collection, 15th to 17th Centuries | | May | 18 | 1959 | | | |
| Works from the Contemporary Collection | | June | | 1969 | August | | 1969 |
| Japanese Court Dolls and Chinese Sculpture | | October | | 1931 | November | | 1931 |
| American Painting Exhibition [cancelled] | | | | 1984 | | | |
| Inaugural Loan Exhibition | Link | June | 06 | 1916 | October | | 1916 |
| Historic Brocades, Damasks and Velvets | | November | | 1930 | December | | 1930 |
