| Mannerism: Italian, French and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620 | | August | 03 | 1997 | October | 26 | 1997 |
| John Pfahl Photographs: Niagara Sublime | | August | 16 | 1997 | October | 30 | 1997 |
| Object in Focus: Pierre Bonnard | | September | 01 | 1997 | October | 10 | 1997 |
| Object in Focus: Majolica Bust of a Lady | | October | 14 | 1997 | December | 02 | 1997 |
| When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian and Chinese Textiles in the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art | Link | October | 26 | 1997 | January | 04 | 1998 |
| Catherine Wagner Photographs: Investigating Matter | | November | 01 | 1997 | January | 08 | 1998 |
| People Working: Photographs by Lee Friedlander | | November | 14 | 1997 | March | 01 | 1998 |
| Industry and Photography: Selections from the Permanent Collection | | November | 16 | 1997 | March | 01 | 1998 |
| Object in Focus: Child's Sled | | December | 02 | 1997 | January | 05 | 1998 |
| Faces and Facades: The Cleveland Museum of Art 1916-1998 | | February | 07 | 1998 | | | |
| Vatican Treasures: Early Christian, Renaissance, and Baroque Art from the Papal Collections | Link | February | 08 | 1998 | April | 12 | 1998 |
| Object in Focus: \Saint Margaret\ 1942.564 | | February | 10 | 1998 | March | 16 | 1998 |
| Highlights of Asian Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art | | February | 21 | 1998 | March | 29 | 1998 |
| Abelardo Morell Photographs: Pictured Pages | | March | 21 | 1998 | May | 27 | 1998 |
| Object in Focus: \Ludovic Lepic Holding His Dog\ 1988.93 | | April | 19 | 1998 | July | 12 | 1998 |
| 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 |
