| Degas to Matisse: The Maurice Wertheim Collection from the Harvard University Art Museums | Link | October | 06 | 1993 | December | 05 | 1993 |
| Exhibition of the Month: Music in Art | | October | 02 | 1945 | February | 04 | 1946 |
| 15th Annual Ohio Print Makers' Exhibition, circulated by the Dayton Art Institute | | October | 15 | 1942 | November | 01 | 1942 |
| Work of Outdoor Classes | | October | 05 | 1954 | October | 31 | 1954 |
| Drawings from the Members' Children in the Saturday Morning Classes | | October | | 1939 | October | | 1939 |
| Work of George Cohen | | October | 26 | 1966 | November | 20 | 1966 |
| Exhibition of the Mask | | October | 27 | 1951 | January | 14 | 1952 |
| Egypt | | October | 07 | 1952 | December | 24 | 1952 |
| Masterpieces from the Berlin Museums | | October | 06 | 1948 | October | 24 | 1948 |
| Special Exhibition of Medieval Choral Pages | | October | 27 | 1927 | December | 20 | 1927 |
| Exhibition of Gold | | October | 31 | 1947 | January | 11 | 1948 |
| Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art [Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA] | Link | October | 30 | 2007 | January | 20 | 2008 |
| Caravaggio and His Followers | Link | October | 29 | 1971 | January | 02 | 1972 |
| Ansel Adams: The Early Years | Link | October | 06 | 1993 | December | 05 | 1993 |
| Milwaukee Artists' Group Paintings | | October | 09 | 1945 | October | 28 | 1945 |
| Object in Focus: Majolica Bust of a Lady | | October | 14 | 1997 | December | 02 | 1997 |
| North American Indian Collection [Junior Museum] | | October | | 1942 | October | | 1942 |
| Cleveland Drawings | | October | 07 | 1954 | October | 24 | 1954 |
| Primitive Art [Children's Museum] (1939) | | October | | 1939 | October | | 1939 |
| Work of Students of Northeastern Ohio in the 1951 National Scholastic Competition | | October | 30 | 1951 | December | 02 | 1951 |
