| The Twain Shall Meet | | October | 30 | 1985 | January | 05 | 1986 |
| Cross Section: Graphic Art in Germany after the First World War | | October | 10 | 1989 | January | 07 | 1990 |
| Special Exhibition of Sculpture by Ivan Mestrovic | | October | 30 | 1925 | November | 30 | 1925 |
| North American Indian Handicrafts [Children's Museum] | | October | 08 | 1935 | November | 29 | 1935 |
| Impressionist and Modern Masters from The Cleveland Museum of Art | Link | October | 21 | 2007 | January | 13 | 2008 |
| Near East Textiles from the Museum Collections | | October | 01 | 1924 | November | 03 | 1924 |
| Water Colors by National Association of Women Artists | | October | 04 | 1950 | October | 22 | 1950 |
| Mountains, Rocks, and Water: Landscape Painting in Asia | | October | 02 | 1987 | January | 04 | 1988 |
| 15th Annual Ohio Print Makers' Exhibition, circulated by the Dayton Art Institute | | October | 15 | 1942 | November | 01 | 1942 |
| Baron [Hans Peder] Dan Exhibition | | October | 15 | 1936 | November | 01 | 1936 |
| Degas to Matisse: The Maurice Wertheim Collection from the Harvard University Art Museums | Link | October | 06 | 1993 | December | 05 | 1993 |
| Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe | Link | October | 17 | 2010 | January | 17 | 2011 |
| Public Housing in the United States | | October | 08 | 1941 | November | 09 | 1941 |
| Netherlandish Drawings from the Permanent Collection | | October | 10 | 1989 | December | 31 | 1989 |
| Ceremonial Masks: Plates from Curtis' The North American Indian | | October | 08 | 1935 | December | 28 | 1935 |
| Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century | | October | 22 | 2016 | February | 05 | 2017 |
| Art of Sub-Saharan Africa (Gallery reinstallation opening) | Link | October | 12 | 2003 | | | |
| Engraved Portraits lent by Edward B. Greene | | October | 19 | 1924 | December | 08 | 1924 |
| Paintings by Rembrandt and Hals lent by Baron Alain de Rothschild and Eli de Rothschild | | October | 05 | 1950 | | | |
| Lord [Frederic] Leighton's King David | | October | 21 | 1987 | November | 29 | 1987 |
