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Events
 Guest Speaker
As part of its mission, the Riders Mills Historical Association is involved in reaching out to and serving the communities in the northern area of Columbia County. Each year it hosts a number of activities, which are available to the public, free of charge. For instance, since completing the primary part of the restoration of the schoolhouse, the Association has sponsored a number of lectures of historical and artistic interest. In addition, the Association has held several appreciation days, with wine and cheese events that serve as a way of thanking members and others for their support.
 The Actors' Orphanage and Riders Mills Schoolhouse -- It's Back to School Time
A one-room schoolhouse is an opportune setting to hear a both moving and hilarious account of one woman's education in a two-room schoolhouse in Sussex. On October 22, the Riders Mills Historical Association invites the public to an entertaining afternoon at the Riders Mills Schoolhouse.
The event will begin at 2:00 pm with a social hour, during which refreshments will be served. At 3:00 pm the festivities will continue with Judy Staber, a popular advocate of the arts who makes her home in Old Chatham. The colorful and multi-talented Ms. Staber will read from SILVERLANDS -- Growing up at the Actors' Orphanage, her memoir of her childhood in England after World War II. Ms. Staber's memoir is available at area bookstores and online, in hard copy and electronic form. For reader comments and a sample of SILVERLANDS, go to mystorylives and jstaber.com.
Annual Art Show
 The eight annual Riders Mills Art Show will be held on Saturday, September 3, 2011, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, rain or shine. The Labor Day event draws some 50 local and regional artists and over 400 attendees. The show is jointly sponsored by the Riders Mills Historical Association and the Columbia County Council on the Arts. Artists display their work under a tent set up in a field adjacent to the historic Riders Mills Schoolhouse. Food, beverages and music are provided by local merchants. The chairpersons are Judith and Richard Oder.
Exhibit
A seven-panel historical exhibition is on display in the Riders Mills Schoolhouse throughout the year, with the exception of the winter months. This display traces the history of the Schoolhouse with document dating back as early as 1798, through the school's operation to its closing in 1953. Class attendance records from the early 1800s and numerous photos of school life through the years are shown.
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