| Netherlandish Drawings from the Permanent Collection | | October | 10 | 1989 | December | 31 | 1989 |
| Embroideries from the Greek Islands, Turkey, and Morocco | | October | 03 | 1934 | October | 28 | 1934 |
| The Incas: Photographs circulated by Life Magazine | | October | 03 | 1946 | October | 29 | 1946 |
| Mountains, Rocks, and Water: Landscape Painting in Asia | | October | 02 | 1987 | January | 04 | 1988 |
| A Passion for Prints: The John Bonebrake Donation | | October | 02 | 2011 | January | 29 | 2012 |
| William Morris: Designing an Earthly Paradise | Link | October | 29 | 2017 | January | 13 | 2019 |
| Oriental Collection | | October | | 1952 | October | | 1952 |
| Rugs and Tapestries | | October | | 1938 | October | | 1938 |
| Egyptian Art | | October | 01 | 1974 | June | 05 | 1975 |
| Northern Landscape Traditions: The 16th and 17th Centuries | | October | 10 | 1989 | December | 31 | 1989 |
| 200 Years of British Prints | | October | 03 | 1984 | February | 03 | 1985 |
| Hank Willis Thomas | Link | October | 20 | 2013 | March | 09 | 2014 |
| The Guild of Boston Artists | | October | 05 | 1916 | October | 29 | 1916 |
| The Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Max Kalish and Alexander Warshawsky | | October | 09 | 1946 | November | 17 | 1946 |
| Style, Truth and the Portrait | Link | October | 02 | 1963 | November | 10 | 1963 |
| Lord [Frederic] Leighton's King David | | October | 21 | 1987 | November | 29 | 1987 |
| Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi (1904-1965) | Link | October | 16 | 2011 | January | 08 | 2012 |
| Dara Birnbaum: Technology/Transformation | | October | 16 | 2018 | January | 13 | 2019 |
| Recently Acquired Prints | | October | | 1952 | November | 09 | 1952 |
| American Cities: An Artist's View | | October | 17 | 1989 | January | 07 | 1990 |
