| Special Exhibition of Medieval Choral Pages | | October | 27 | 1927 | December | 20 | 1927 |
| Etchings by Anders Leonard Zorn and D.[avid] Y.[oung] Cameron (reinstalled with additional works) | | October | 06 | 1919 | November | 12 | 1919 |
| Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty 1279-1368 | Link | October | 01 | 1968 | November | 24 | 1968 |
| Masterpieces from the Berlin Museums | | October | 06 | 1948 | October | 24 | 1948 |
| Exhibition of Modern Architecture | | October | 27 | 1932 | December | 04 | 1932 |
| Looking at African Art | | October | 02 | 1973 | December | 30 | 1973 |
| Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance | | October | 13 | 2019 | February | 23 | 2020 |
| Prints and Drawings by Arthur B. Davies | | October | 31 | 1934 | December | 10 | 1934 |
| Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum | | October | 27 | 1992 | January | 03 | 1993 |
| Lace from the Museum Collections | | October | 29 | 1927 | November | 27 | 1927 |
| Numbers | | October | 07 | 1968 | | | |
| Challenging Structure: Frank Gehry's Peter B. Lewis Building | Link | October | 06 | 2002 | February | 24 | 2003 |
| Paul Gauguin: Paris, 1889 | Link | October | 04 | 2009 | January | 18 | 2010 |
| Work of Reginald Marsh and Stevan Dohanos | | October | 10 | 1948 | November | 06 | 1948 |
| Prints by Contemporary British Artists | | October | 01 | 1929 | November | 03 | 1929 |
| Historic European Brocades, Velvets, and Damasks | | October | | 1932 | April | | 1933 |
| African Textiles and Decorative Arts | | October | 03 | 1973 | December | 02 | 1973 |
| Liu Wei: Invisible Cities | | October | 13 | 2019 | February | 16 | 2020 |
| Lithographs by Henri Fantin-Latour lent by Ralph King | | October | 15 | 1920 | December | 11 | 1920 |
| Laces and Embroideries from the Museum Collection | | October | 06 | 1937 | October | 31 | 1937 |
