| American Drawings from the Permanent Collection | | April | 19 | 1998 | July | 12 | 1998 |
| Object in Focus: Beadwork Belt (Yet) 1994.87 | | April | 30 | 1998 | June | 08 | 1998 |
| Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience | Link | May | 10 | 1998 | July | 05 | 1998 |
| Andrea Modica Photographs: Treadwell | | May | 30 | 1998 | August | 09 | 1998 |
| Object in Focus: \Strike on the Pier\ (Huelga en el muelle) 1995.175 | | June | 09 | 1998 | July | 27 | 1998 |
| Object in Focus: Seated Amit'a 1994.94 | | July | 28 | 1998 | September | 27 | 1998 |
| Buddhist Treasures from Nara | Link | August | 09 | 1998 | September | 27 | 1998 |
| Mark Klett Photographs of Japan: Shikata Ganai | | August | 15 | 1998 | October | 21 | 1998 |
| Jasper Johns: Process and Printmaking | Link | August | 16 | 1998 | November | 15 | 1998 |
| Manet, Monet, Whistler: Three Masterpieces | | May | 25 | 1997 | January | 04 | 1998 |
| Backwaters: Landscape Photographs by Thomas Joshua Cooper | | October | 24 | 1998 | January | 06 | 1999 |
| Cleveland Collects Contemporary Art (1998) | Link | November | 08 | 1998 | January | 10 | 1999 |
| Mediterranean: Photographs by Mimmo Jodice | | November | 27 | 1998 | February | 21 | 1999 |
| Object in Focus: Elephant Mask 1985.1082 | | December | 01 | 1998 | January | 31 | 1999 |
| R. Clarke-Davis Photographs: In Between | | January | 09 | 1999 | March | 17 | 1999 |
| Object in Focus: Ruin by the Sea (Ruine am Mer) 1979.57 | | February | 02 | 1999 | April | 04 | 1999 |
| Diego Rivera: Art and Revolution | Link | February | 14 | 1999 | May | 02 | 1999 |
| Drawn to the Body: The Human Figure and the Graphic Arts 1500-1900 | | March | 14 | 1999 | May | 23 | 1999 |
| Mexican Prints from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams | Link | March | 14 | 1999 | May | 23 | 1999 |
| Painting in Focus: Jean-Bernard Restout | | March | 14 | 1999 | May | 23 | 1999 |
