| The Decisive Moment: Photographs, 1930-1957, by Henri Cartier-Bresson | | August | 19 | 1958 | September | 30 | 1958 |
| Special Class Exhibit (1962) | | August | 28 | 1962 | November | 12 | 1962 |
| Photographs by Aaron Siskind | | August | 01 | 1978 | September | 17 | 1978 |
| American Painting and Pottery | | August | 03 | 1954 | August | 23 | 1954 |
| Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection | Link | August | 17 | 2003 | November | 09 | 2003 |
| R.A.F. on the Target | Link | August | 31 | 1943 | September | 09 | 1943 |
| Work by Out-Door Sketching Classes | | August | 09 | 1935 | September | 25 | 1935 |
| Images of America: Precisionist Painting and Modern Photography | Link | August | 16 | 1983 | October | 09 | 1983 |
| Paris Prize Drawings | | December | 27 | 1930 | December | 31 | 1930 |
| Toys from Many Lands [Children's Museum] (1938) | | December | | 1938 | December | | 1938 |
| Exhibition of the Month: Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts | | December | | 1948 | December | | 1948 |
| The Magic Garden of Josef Sudek | | December | 07 | 1988 | January | 29 | 1989 |
| Louise Tift Brown Lace Bequest | | December | 13 | 1933 | January | 03 | 1934 |
| Christmas Creche Group | | December | 01 | 1963 | January | 01 | 1964 |
| W. Eugene Smith: Let Truth be the Prejudice | Link | December | 02 | 1987 | January | 24 | 1988 |
| French Paintings from CMA Collections (1952) | | December | 02 | 1952 | January | 11 | 1953 |
| Lace: Italy, Flanders, France | | December | 16 | 1986 | July | 09 | 1987 |
| Seattle Drawings | | December | 04 | 1951 | December | 30 | 1951 |
| Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Art from CMA Collections | | December | 09 | 1951 | February | 06 | 1952 |
| From Fontainbleau to the Louvre: French Drawings from the 17th Century | Link | December | 13 | 1989 | January | 28 | 1990 |
