| Exhibition of the Month: Chinese Furniture | | October | 29 | 1946 | December | 30 | 1946 |
| Five Cleveland Artists | | October | 09 | 1981 | October | 25 | 1981 |
| 15th Century German and Netherlands Prints from CMA Collections | | October | 11 | 1935 | October | 28 | 1935 |
| War Portraits | | October | 01 | 1921 | October | 24 | 1921 |
| Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography | Link | October | 19 | 2014 | January | 11 | 2015 |
| North American Indian Art [Children's Museum] (1930, 2) | | October | | 1930 | November | | 1930 |
| Paul Travis: Africa, 1927-1929 | Link | October | 27 | 1982 | January | 02 | 1983 |
| Posters from Various Countries | | October | 26 | 1936 | November | 18 | 1936 |
| Special Exhibition of Work by Students of the Cleveland School of Arts | | October | 17 | 1922 | October | 30 | 1922 |
| A Cleveland Bestiary | Link | October | 15 | 1981 | December | 16 | 1981 |
| Picasso's Studio: David Douglas Duncan Photographs | | October | 13 | 2001 | December | 19 | 2001 |
| Contemporary British Etchers | | October | 02 | 1921 | November | 28 | 1921 |
| Anicka Yi: Death | Link | October | 11 | 2014 | January | 17 | 2015 |
| Julia Wachtel | Link | October | 11 | 2014 | January | 17 | 2015 |
| Etchings, Drypoints, and Drawings by Mary Cassatt, lent by Robert Hartshore and Charles T. Brooks | | October | 31 | 1923 | December | 11 | 1923 |
| Fiberworks | Link | October | 05 | 1977 | November | 20 | 1977 |
| Beyond Angkor: Cambodian Sculpture from Banteay Chhmar | | October | 14 | 2017 | March | 25 | 2018 |
| Special Exhibition of American Silks Made and Lent by Cheney Brothers | | October | 20 | 1922 | October | 31 | 1922 |
| Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection | Link | October | 21 | 1981 | November | 29 | 1981 |
| Artists Photographing Artists | | October | 13 | 2001 | February | 27 | 2002 |
