| Netherlandish Drawings from the Permanent Collection | | October | 10 | 1989 | December | 31 | 1989 |
| Special Exhibition of Work by Students of the Cleveland School of Arts | | October | 17 | 1922 | October | 30 | 1922 |
| Mountains, Rocks, and Water: Landscape Painting in Asia | | October | 02 | 1987 | January | 04 | 1988 |
| Musical Instruments | | October | 09 | 1921 | November | 14 | 1921 |
| 13th Annual Ohio Print Makers' Exhibition from Dayton Art Institute | | October | 04 | 1940 | November | 10 | 1940 |
| Textile Workshop of the Chicago School of Design | | October | 04 | 1944 | November | 05 | 1944 |
| Northern Landscape Traditions: The 16th and 17th Centuries | | October | 10 | 1989 | December | 31 | 1989 |
| 200 Years of British Prints | | October | 03 | 1984 | February | 03 | 1985 |
| Color Prints of American Indian Design | | October | 01 | 1945 | November | 04 | 1945 |
| Special Exhibition of American Silks Made and Lent by Cheney Brothers | | October | 20 | 1922 | October | 31 | 1922 |
| Lord [Frederic] Leighton's King David | | October | 21 | 1987 | November | 29 | 1987 |
| Miscellaneous Paintings from the [Hinman] Hurlbut, [Horace] Kelley and [William J.] Gordon Collections | | October | 26 | 1921 | November | 16 | 1921 |
| Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes | Link | October | 28 | 2012 | January | 06 | 2013 |
| Islamic Architecture of Iran in photographs | | October | 31 | 1940 | December | 15 | 1940 |
| Work of George Cohen | | October | 26 | 1966 | November | 20 | 1966 |
| Life War Art | | October | 18 | 1944 | November | 13 | 1944 |
| American Cities: An Artist's View | | October | 17 | 1989 | January | 07 | 1990 |
| The Spirit of Surrealism | Link | October | 03 | 1979 | November | 25 | 1979 |
| The Cleveland Museum of Art Presents Four Cleveland Artists: George G. Adomeit, Otto H. Bacher, Frederick C. Gottwald, and Walter A. Sinz | | October | 12 | 1984 | November | 02 | 1984 |
| Exhibition of the Month: Music in Art | | October | 02 | 1945 | February | 04 | 1946 |
