| Keepers of the Way: Monuments of the Southwest, Photographs by Nicholas Hlobeczy | | January | 11 | 1991 | March | 10 | 1991 |
| Nature into Art: English Landscape Watercolors from the British Museum | Link | January | 16 | 1991 | March | 10 | 1991 |
| Albrecht Durer and His Influence | | January | 16 | 1991 | March | 10 | 1991 |
| The Invitational: Artists of Northeast Ohio | Link | February | 27 | 1991 | April | 21 | 1991 |
| In the Caribbean: Mitch Epstein Photographs | | March | 15 | 1991 | May | 26 | 1991 |
| Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland | | April | 02 | 1991 | August | 04 | 1991 |
| Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988 | | April | 02 | 1991 | August | 04 | 1991 |
| Focus: Fiber (1991) | | April | 03 | 1991 | May | 12 | 1991 |
| Ray K. Metzker: Landscape Photographs | | May | 31 | 1991 | August | 11 | 1991 |
| Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum | Link | June | 07 | 1991 | September | 08 | 1991 |
| Notable Acquisitions | | June | 07 | 1991 | September | 15 | 1991 |
| The Order of Things: A History of the Column | | June | 07 | 1991 | October | 13 | 1991 |
| Insight/On Site | | June | 07 | 1991 | June | 09 | 1991 |
| Photographs: Recent Acquisitions | | August | 16 | 1991 | October | 20 | 1991 |
| Guercino, Master Draftsman | Link | August | 27 | 1991 | October | 13 | 1991 |
| Concept, Dogma, and Feeling: Italian Drawings, 1550-1650 | | August | 27 | 1991 | October | 20 | 1991 |
| Reflections of Japanese Style | | September | 03 | 1991 | January | 05 | 1992 |
| Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection | | September | 17 | 1991 | January | 05 | 1992 |
| The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th-Century Art in Japan | Link | October | 19 | 1991 | December | 01 | 1991 |
| Masahisa Fukase: The Solitude of Ravens | | October | 25 | 1991 | January | 05 | 1992 |
