| Modern French Paintings from Various Lenders | | October | | 1916 | January | | 1917 |
| Vaiksnoras Retrospective Exhibition | | October | | 1973 | | | |
| Chinese Shadow Figures | | October | | 1932 | October | | 1932 |
| Exhibition of the Work of Louis Sullivan: Architectural Photographs | | October | 31 | 1947 | November | 30 | 1947 |
| Paintings by California Artists | | October | | 1916 | November | | 1917 |
| 19th-Century American Drawings by Mary A. Nims | | October | 16 | 1934 | November | 02 | 1934 |
| Exhibition of Prints and Drawings | | October | 10 | 1927 | October | 31 | 1927 |
| Masterpieces from the Berlin Museums | | October | 06 | 1948 | October | 24 | 1948 |
| Cartoons Pertaining to the World War by Louis Raemaekers | | October | 24 | 1917 | November | 21 | 1917 |
| Oriental Marionettes and Shadow Figures [Children's Museum] | | October | | 1932 | October | | 1932 |
| Exhibition of Gold | | October | 31 | 1947 | January | 11 | 1948 |
| Embroideries from Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, Morocco and Algiers | | October | 31 | 1934 | December | 10 | 1934 |
| Richard Long Photographs: Art of Walking | | October | 13 | 1992 | December | 06 | 1992 |
| Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes | Link | October | 28 | 2012 | January | 06 | 2013 |
| Special Exhibition of Medieval Choral Pages | | October | 27 | 1927 | December | 20 | 1927 |
| Etchings by Anders Leonard Zorn and D.[avid] Y.[oung] Cameron (reinstalled with additional works) | | October | 06 | 1919 | November | 12 | 1919 |
| Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty 1279-1368 | Link | October | 01 | 1968 | November | 24 | 1968 |
| Work of Reginald Marsh and Stevan Dohanos | | October | 10 | 1948 | November | 06 | 1948 |
| Exhibition of Modern Architecture | | October | 27 | 1932 | December | 04 | 1932 |
| Looking at African Art | | October | 02 | 1973 | December | 30 | 1973 |
