| Ansel Adams: The Early Years | Link | October | 06 | 1993 | December | 05 | 1993 |
| Anicka Yi: Death | Link | October | 11 | 2014 | January | 17 | 2015 |
| Julia Wachtel | Link | October | 11 | 2014 | January | 17 | 2015 |
| Embroideries from Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, Morocco and Algiers | | October | 31 | 1934 | December | 10 | 1934 |
| The Ellen Garretson Wade Memorial Lace Collection (1925) | | October | | 1925 | December | | 1925 |
| Drawings and Lithographs by Leon Kroll | | October | 17 | 1945 | November | 25 | 1945 |
| Drawings by Outdoor Classes | | October | 02 | 1951 | October | 28 | 1951 |
| Henry Keller: Paintings of a Traveler | | October | 12 | 1993 | January | 02 | 1994 |
| Exhibition of the Month: A Portrait of the So-Called Column and Curtain School | | October | | 1943 | October | | 1943 |
| Artists for Victory: Graphic Arts | | October | 01 | 1943 | October | 31 | 1943 |
| Maine Sublime: Frederic Church’s "Twilight in the Wilderness" | Link | October | 04 | 2014 | January | 25 | 2015 |
| Prints and Drawings by Arthur B. Davies | | October | 31 | 1934 | December | 10 | 1934 |
| Art of Sub-Saharan Africa (Gallery reinstallation opening) | Link | October | 12 | 2003 | | | |
| Special Exhibition of Sculpture by Ivan Mestrovic | | October | 30 | 1925 | November | 30 | 1925 |
| Topographical Viewpoint | | October | 30 | 1945 | December | 18 | 1945 |
| British Drawings lent by Sir Robert Witt, London, circulated by the American Federation of Arts | | October | 03 | 1951 | October | 28 | 1951 |
| Beyond Angkor: Cambodian Sculpture from Banteay Chhmar | | October | 14 | 2017 | March | 25 | 2018 |
| Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany, Lalique | Link | October | 19 | 2008 | January | 18 | 2009 |
| The Guild of Boston Artists | | October | 05 | 1916 | October | 29 | 1916 |
| The Tiepolos and Their World | | October | 06 | 1981 | November | 22 | 1981 |
