Gifford Art Gallery

Gifford Med. Ctr., Randolph

•Work by Brookfield photographer Bruce Small, thru Oct. 10.

Chandler Gallery

Main St., Randolph

•"Chandler Inside and Out: An Historic Photographic Tribute to Col. Albert B. Chandler, His Family, Friends and Randolph," 108 photographs of Randolph relating to the life and times of Colonel Albert B. Chandler; thru Oct. 14.

Randolph Historical Society

Salisbury St., Randolph

•Exhibits include a full drugstore, three period rooms, farm tools, stoves, professional printer's items, plows and musical instruments made in Randolph, military records, and many pictures of Randolph people, houses, businesses and street scenes; open the third Sunday of each month through October. Info: Harriet Chase at 728-6677 or chaseth@verizon.net

BigTown Gallery

Main St., Rochester, 767-9670

•Gallery Members Show, Oct. 6-Nov. 11. Opening reception, Saturday, Oct. 6, 5-7 p.m.

Montshire Museum of Science

Norwich, 802-649-2200

•"Secrets of Circles" asks visitors to be observant of all things circular with 18 exhibits with references to math, science, and engineering; thru Jan. 21.

Cooler Gallery

No. Main St., White River Jct.

802-295-8008

•Korean sculptor Bong-gi Park, installs a show and creates a site-specific sculpture outdoors, thru Oct. 31. Reception for the artist, Friday, Oct. 5, 6-8 p.m.

Hood Museum of Art

Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.

603-646-2808

•"American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art," including works by many major American artists, thru Dec. 9.

•"Resonance and Inspiration: New Works by Magdalene Odundo," recent vessels and drawings by the Kenyan-born ceramic artist, thru Oct. 14.

•"American Works on Paper to 1950: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art," including drawings, watercolors, prints, and photographs, thru Dec. 9.

Hopkins Center

Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.

•Merce Cunningham Dance Company presents "The Paper Trail: Select Objects and Ephemera," an exhibition gathered from the company's extensive archive; Strauss Gallery & Upper Jewett Exhibition Corridor, thru Nov. 4.

Studio Place Arts

N. Main St, Barre. 802-479-7069

•Main floor: "Rock Solid," stone sculptures and works; second floor: "Bra-Ha-Ha," fun takes on brassieres; and third floor: abstract works by Todd Binzen and Amy Brandt; thru Nov. 10.

T.W. Wood Gallery

College St., Montpelier.

802-828-8743

•Wood Room: "Wood’s Montpelier;" oils, watercolors and drawings, some on exhibit for the first time, by the gallery’s founder, thru Nov. 4.

•Main Gallery: "Vermont’s WPA Collection," work from the Works Progress Administration, commissioned as part of the New Deal in the 1930s, thru Nov. 4.