| North American Indian Collection [Junior Museum] | | October | | 1942 | October | | 1942 |
| Japanese Hair Ornaments, Pouches, and Toilet Articles | | October | 16 | 1936 | November | 01 | 1936 |
| American Paintings, 17th through 19th Centuries | | October | | 1952 | November | | 1952 |
| Dennis Oppenheim | | October | 21 | 1986 | January | 04 | 1987 |
| 15th Century German and Netherlands Prints from CMA Collections | | October | 11 | 1935 | October | 28 | 1935 |
| British Drawings lent by Sir Robert Witt, London, circulated by the American Federation of Arts | | October | 03 | 1951 | October | 28 | 1951 |
| Needles, Dye-Pots, and Looms: Textile Traditions in India | | October | 15 | 1985 | May | 11 | 1986 |
| Work by Students of The Cleveland School of Art (1923) | | October | 17 | 1923 | October | 29 | 1923 |
| Drawings from the Members' Children in the Saturday Morning Classes | | October | | 1939 | October | | 1939 |
| Posters from Various Countries | | October | 26 | 1936 | November | 18 | 1936 |
| French Paintings, 19th through 20th Centuries | | October | | 1952 | November | 02 | 1952 |
| William Wegman: Color Photographs | | October | 31 | 1986 | January | 04 | 1987 |
| Exhibition of the Mask | | October | 27 | 1951 | January | 14 | 1952 |
| The Grand Tour | | October | 15 | 1985 | February | 02 | 1986 |
| The Spirit of Surrealism | Link | October | 03 | 1979 | November | 25 | 1979 |
| Autumn Grasses: Arts of the Momoyama Period (1573-1616) | | October | 04 | 1988 | December | 11 | 1988 |
| Fragments of the Invisible: The Rene and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture | Link | October | 27 | 2013 | February | 09 | 2014 |
| Contemporary Drawings lent by Mrs. Albert Sterner | | October | 24 | 1923 | December | 10 | 1923 |
| Primitive Art [Children's Museum] (1939) | | October | | 1939 | October | | 1939 |
| Drawings by Children in Special Classes | | October | 01 | 1946 | October | 30 | 1946 |
