| The Ellen Garretson Wade Memorial Lace Collection (1925) | | October | | 1925 | December | | 1925 |
| Artists for Victory: Graphic Arts | | October | 01 | 1943 | October | 31 | 1943 |
| Ansel Adams: Photographs from the Permanent Collection | | October | 15 | 1993 | January | 09 | 1994 |
| Persian Art | | October | 29 | 1931 | November | 29 | 1931 |
| Caravaggio, A Survey of His Work | | October | 29 | 1971 | January | 02 | 1972 |
| Art of Sub-Saharan Africa (Gallery reinstallation opening) | Link | October | 12 | 2003 | | | |
| Japanese Art [Children's Museum] | | October | | 1933 | October | | 1933 |
| Some Contemporary British Prints, Drawings, and Paintings | | October | 17 | 1941 | November | 16 | 1941 |
| Topographical Viewpoint | | October | 30 | 1945 | December | 18 | 1945 |
| Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany, Lalique | Link | October | 19 | 2008 | January | 18 | 2009 |
| Special Exhibition of Sculpture by Ivan Mestrovic | | October | 30 | 1925 | November | 30 | 1925 |
| Imagining the Garden | | October | 31 | 2015 | March | 06 | 2016 |
| Near East Textiles from the Museum Collections | | October | 01 | 1924 | November | 03 | 1924 |
| European Rooms in Miniature by Mrs. James Ward Thorne | | October | 01 | 1943 | November | 28 | 1943 |
| Italian and French Drawings | | October | 13 | 1959 | February | 02 | 1960 |
| Art Through the Ages | | October | 30 | 1931 | November | 29 | 1931 |
| Paintings and Sculpture in the Renaissance Tradition | | October | | 1939 | October | | 1939 |
| Work of the Fine Arts Departments of the Suburban and Catholic Schools | | October | 01 | 1942 | November | 01 | 1942 |
| Caravaggio and His Followers | Link | October | 29 | 1971 | January | 02 | 1972 |
| American Folk Art from the Traditional to the Naive | Link | October | 04 | 1978 | February | 18 | 1979 |
