| Paintings by Ignacio Zuloaga lent by the artist and various owners | Link | April | 03 | 1917 | April | 25 | 1917 |
| Pharaohs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the Louvre | Link | February | 11 | 1996 | April | 14 | 1996 |
| American Paintings (1953, 2) | | March | 18 | 1953 | April | 12 | 1953 |
| Historic European Brocades, Velvets, and Damasks | | October | | 1932 | April | | 1933 |
| The Lure of Italy: American Artists and the Italian Experience 1760-1914 | Link | February | 03 | 1993 | April | 11 | 1993 |
| Butler Art Institute Circuit Exhibition of Paintings from New Year's Show | | April | 03 | 1940 | April | 28 | 1940 |
| Portrait of President [Woodrow] Wilson by John Singer Sargent | | April | 07 | 1918 | April | 28 | 1918 |
| Lithographs of English Munitions Works by Joseph Pennell, lent by S.[almon] P. Halle [1] | | April | 09 | 1917 | April | 30 | 1917 |
| Early Japanese Ink Painting | | March | 20 | 1953 | April | 13 | 1953 |
| Drawings and Sketches by Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel | | March | 29 | 1921 | April | 21 | 1921 |
| Contemporary Art from Collections in Northern Ohio | | January | 17 | 1961 | April | 16 | 1961 |
| Silent Poetry: Masterworks of Chinese Painting | Link | November | 14 | 2015 | April | 24 | 2016 |
| The Graphic Art of Henry G. Keller | | March | 01 | 1944 | April | 23 | 1944 |
| The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts | Link | February | 01 | 1978 | April | 02 | 1978 |
| Exhibition of Prints and Drawings from CMA Collections (1926) | | January | 19 | 1926 | April | 25 | 1926 |
| Selected Acquisitions (1993) | | February | 09 | 1993 | April | 11 | 1993 |
| Outdoor Life Photographic Contest and Show. In cooperation with the American and Canadian Sportsman's Show [Public Auditorium, Cleveland] | | April | | 1954 | April | | 1954 |
| Recent Accessions in Decorative Arts | | February | | 1923 | April | | 1923 |
| Museum Collections | | April | 09 | 1940 | April | 21 | 1940 |
| Paintings by [George] Gardner Symons, James R. Hopkins, and Frederick C. Frieseke | | April | 07 | 1918 | April | 30 | 1918 |
