| Willie Robert Middlebrook Photographs: Portraits of My People | | January | 19 | 1996 | March | 29 | 1996 |
| Pharaohs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the Louvre | Link | February | 11 | 1996 | April | 14 | 1996 |
| Sets and Series: Five Centuries of Master Prints | | February | 20 | 1996 | May | 05 | 1996 |
| Robert Glenn Ketchum: Landscape Photographs | | March | 29 | 1996 | June | 02 | 1996 |
| Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796 - 1946: Community and Diversity in Early Modern America | Link | May | 19 | 1996 | July | 21 | 1996 |
| Greetings from Cleveland: Picturing the City in Postcards, 1898-1996 | | May | 19 | 1996 | October | 27 | 1996 |
| Mary Ellen Mark Photographs: Indian Circus | | November | 08 | 1996 | January | 16 | 1997 |
| Matisse, Picasso, and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art | | November | 17 | 1996 | January | 19 | 1997 |
| Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art | | November | 24 | 1996 | February | 02 | 1997 |
| Legacy of Light: Seven Masters in Depth | | November | 24 | 1996 | February | 02 | 1997 |
| Poetic Pasts: Digital Photography by Martina Lopez | | January | 17 | 1997 | March | 23 | 1997 |
| Sol LeWitt Prints 1970-1995 | Link | February | 02 | 1997 | March | 23 | 1997 |
| Thomas Eakins: The Rowing Pictures | Link | February | 19 | 1997 | May | 15 | 1997 |
| Faberge in America | Link | March | 09 | 1997 | May | 11 | 1997 |
| Kenro Izu Photographs: Light Over Ancient Angkor | | April | 05 | 1997 | June | 05 | 1997 |
| Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions | | April | 19 | 1997 | June | 29 | 1997 |
| A Graphic Odyssey: Romare Bearden as Printmaker | Link | April | 22 | 1997 | July | 06 | 1997 |
| Alone in a Crowd: Prints by African-American Artists of the 1930s-40s from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams | Link | April | 22 | 1997 | July | 06 | 1997 |
| Birney Imes Photographs: Whispering Pines | | June | 07 | 1997 | August | 14 | 1997 |
| Glass Today: American Studio Glass from Cleveland Collections | Link | June | 22 | 1997 | September | 14 | 1997 |
