| Pioneers of Landscape Photography from the Museum's Collection | | August | 12 | 2000 | January | 03 | 2001 |
| Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art | | August | 26 | 2017 | December | 31 | 2017 |
| Urban Evidence: Contemporary Artists Reveal Cleveland | Link | August | 25 | 1996 | October | 27 | 1996 |
| Fischli & Weiss: Büsi (Kitty) & Hunde (Dogs) | | August | 07 | 2017 | January | 29 | 2018 |
| Shimon Attie Photographs: Writing on the Wall | | August | 30 | 1996 | November | 07 | 1996 |
| American Painting and Pottery | | August | 03 | 1954 | August | 23 | 1954 |
| Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection | Link | August | 17 | 2003 | November | 09 | 2003 |
| Buddhist Treasures from Nara | Link | August | 09 | 1998 | September | 27 | 1998 |
| 1991 CMA Staff Exhibition | | December | 20 | 1991 | January | 03 | 1992 |
| Lace: Italy, Flanders, France | | December | 16 | 1986 | July | 09 | 1987 |
| Prints 1400-1800 | | December | 18 | 1956 | January | 20 | 1957 |
| Indian Painting and Folk Art | Link | December | 17 | 1953 | January | 17 | 1954 |
| Gallery Class Exhibition | | December | | 1959 | December | | 1959 |
| W. Eugene Smith: Let Truth be the Prejudice | Link | December | 02 | 1987 | January | 24 | 1988 |
| Flower Paintings by Mabel Key | | December | 08 | 1919 | January | 11 | 1920 |
| Oriental Rugs | Link | December | 15 | 1919 | February | 15 | 1920 |
| Charles E. Burchfield Retrospective Exhibition | | December | 28 | 1956 | February | 10 | 1957 |
| Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen (1987) | | December | 08 | 1987 | January | 10 | 1988 |
| The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years | Link | December | 22 | 1982 | January | 30 | 1983 |
| Photographs by H. Ravell [2] | | December | 30 | 1918 | January | 10 | 1919 |
