| Date | Program | Speaker | Description |
| 1 September | Lecture and book launch | Dr Jane Carruthers, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, University of South Africa | South African National Parks: A Celebration |
| 1 September | Forum | Speakers included David McNulty; Jim Cavaye; Chris Duke; John Tierney; Anthony Albanese; Evelina Porter | Learning Communities (with the Adult Learning Association) |
| 5 September | Film screenings | Matthew Fallon and Marissa Martin, Convenors, Short::seasons | Short::seasons, the bi-annual screening of film and video by ACT filmmakers |
| 6 September | Talk and tour | Sophie Jensen, Senior Curator, National Museum of Australia | Posts, Rails and Barbed Wire (with Lanyon Homestead) |
| 7 September | Talk | Tim the Yowie Man | The Tasmanian Tiger: Still Wanted Dead or Alive (for National Threatened Species Day) |
| 14 September | Talk and film screening | Ian Doyle, filmmaker, Source to Sea | Source to Sea: The Story of the Murray Riverboats |
| 14 September | Forum | Jack Waterhouse, Editor-in-Chief, Canberra Times; Sigrid McCausland University Archivist, Australian National University; Jonathon Everett, furniture designer, Trout Design; Rick Mitchell, sail-maker and shipwright | Trades through the Ages (relating to the Rare Trades exhibition) |
| 17 September | Talk and tour | Patrya Kay, Conservator, National Museum of Australia; Mat Trinca, Senior Curator, National Museum of Australia | Dry Facts Wet Specimens: Talk and Tour of the National Museum of Australia's Wet Specimen Collection from the Australian Institute of Anatomy Collections (Friends) |
| 18 September | Lecture | Dr Nigel Helyer, sculptor and sound artist | Sonic Architecture (with the Australian Centre for Arts and Technology, Australian National University) |
| 21 September | Talk and tour | Sophie Jensen, Senior Curator, National Museum of Australia; Michael Van Der Sommen, Kamberra Wine Company; Ken Helm, Helm Wines | Rare Vintages Talk and Tour (with Kamberra Wine Company and Helm Wines for the Rare Trades exhibition) |
| 21 September | Lecture | Les Murray, poet | Celebrating Australians Series: Shock |
| Date | Program | Speaker | Description |
| 23 September | Lecture | Professor Chris Goddow, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University | The Human Genome: Decoding the Body's Disease-Fighting Manual (with the Australian National University) |
| 23 September | Talk | Charlotte Nattey, decoratives arts expert | Tiaras will be Worn: The Social History of Tiaras (Friends) |
| 24 September | Lecture | Rodney Kennedy, Head, Telecommunications and Engineering, Australian National University | 'Back to the Future' with Wireless Communications (with the Australian National University) |
| 26 September | Forum | David Pembroke, Brumbies Team Advisor | Pies, Beer and Rugby, relating to the Rugby World Cup (Friends) |
| 28 September | Talks and demonstrations | Annette Miles, wigmaker; Bob Butler and Nick Bishop, coopers; Brian Tanti, coachbuilder | Rare Trades Demonstration Day (Artisans and tradespeople featured in the exhibition) |
| 610 October | Workshops | Margie Hann Syme, children's illustrator | Your Stories: Writing Workshops for Young People |
| 7-8 October | Tour and workshop | Tim the Yowie Man | Tim the Yowie Man Mystery Tour - a tour discovering the mysteries of the Museum |
| 8 October | Lecture | Professor Tony Jorm, Director, Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University | Mental Health: What You Don't Know Can Harm You |
| 13-21 October | Workshops and talks | Ms Edwina Jans, Access and Disability Consultant | My Australia: Banner Project (with Brian Hennessey Rehab Group; Rainbow Room; Sharing Creativity; Dickson College) |
| 16-19 October | Film screening | Matthew Fallon and Marissa Martin, convenors | Canberra Short Film Festival: Youth, Local and National Competition, Finals and Awards |
| 18 October | Lecture and Family Day | Don Loffler, author and FJ Holden expert | FJ Holden 50th Anniversary Family Fun Day |
| 22 October | Forum | Narelle Hargreaves, Director, Children's Services, DECS; Hon. Margaret Reid, Senator; Fran Hinton, Chief Executive of the ACT Department of Education, Youth and Family Services; Jackie French, author; Dr John Irvine, children's psychologist | Launch of ACT Children's Week |
| 22 October | Talk | Dr John Irvine, children's psychologist | Communication: the key to functional families (Children's Week Talk) |
| Date | Program | Speaker | Description |
| 23 October | Lecture | Katherine Neil, sound designer and programmer, Infogames Melbourne House | Putting the BAM! in your frag: videogame sound and beyond. (New Media Lecture with the Australian Centre for Arts and Technology, Australian National University) |
| 23 24 October | Conference | Key speakers included Jon Lipsky, Associate Professor of Acting and Playwriting College for the Arts, Boston University; Greg Lissaman, Artistic Director, Jigsaw Theatre; Thor Blomfield, X-Ray Theatre; Scott Wright, Erth Visual and Physical Inc.; Brian Ladd, Art Gallery of NSW; Andrish Saint-Clare, Artback NT Arts Touring Inc.; Paul Brinkman, Cairns Regional Gallery | Spotlight on Performance: Second National Performance Forum on Performance in Cultural Institutions (co-hosted with ScreenSound Australia, Old Parliament House, Australian War Memorial, Questacon: The National Science and Technology Centre, NDS Productions and Arrow Solutions) |
| 24 October | Lecture | Morris Gleitzman, author | Universal Children's Day Lecture, the Walter McVitty Lecture (with the University of Canberra) |
| 29 October | Seminar | Professor Michael Adler, President, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. | Wireless Standards Activity at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (with the National Institute of Physical Sciences, Australian National University |
| 29 October | Lecture | Professor Alan Thorne, Archaeology and Natural History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University | Why Adam Never Met Eve: New Evidence at the Heart of the Debate Over Modern Human Origins (with the National Institute of Bioscience, Australian National University) |
| 31 October | Symposium | John Harms, writer and broadcaster; Richard Waterhouse, Professor of History and Head of the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, University of Sydney; Eddie Butler-Bowdon, Program Manager, Art and Heritage Collections, City of Melbourne; Dr Jeff Brownrigg, Director, People's Voice, National Community History Project and Head of Research and Academic Outreach, ScreenSound Australia | Why Australia Stops for the Melbourne Cup (with Manning Clark House and the Independent Scholars Association of Australia) |
| Date | Program | Speaker | Description |
| 2 November | Lecture | Susanna De Vries, author | Celebrating Australians Series: Devotion |
| 8 November | Workshop | Gundie Kuchling, artist and writer | Illustration workshop |
| 9 November | Talk | Matt Kaye, Coaching and Development Manager, ACT Rugby Union | Rugby for Dummies (part of the Rugby World Cup programming) |
| 12 November | Learning circle | Sophie Jensen, Senior Curator, National Museum of Australia | Eternity Gallery tour (with the University of the Third Age) |
| 12 November | Student presentation night | Presented by Professor Adam Shoemaker, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Australian National University | Australian Centre for Arts and Technology Student Presentation Night, Australian National University |
| 22-23 November | Workshop | Dennis Tupicoff, writer and director | One Frame at a Time: Animation Master Classes |
| 24 November | Lecture | Richard J Weller, Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, University of Western Australia and Director: Room 4.1.3 | The Garden of Australian Dreams (Friends) |
| 26-30 November | Conference | Speakers included Richard Fung, Canada; Jane Gaines, Duke University, USA; Shohini Ghosh, Jamia University, India; Judith Helfand, USA; Sergei Ivanov, Russia; Merata Mita, New Zealand and Hawaii; Sergei Moshkov, Russia; Derek Paget, Worcester College, UK; Lucien Taylor, The Film Study Center, Harvard University, United States | The Art of Documentary Conference showing contemporary documentary practice (with the Australian National University, the National Gallery of Australia and Electric Shadows) |
| 2 December | Lecture | Associate Professor Mike Morwood, archaeologist, University of New England; Dr Fachroel Aziz, palaeontologist, Geological Research and Development Centre | Adventures in Flores: Archaeology in Indonesia from an Australian Perspective |
| 5 December | Lecture | Elaine Gurian, international museum consultant | Contest and Contemporary |
| 7 December | Parade | Fashion Design students from the Canberra Institute of Technology | Fashionist: CIT Fashion Parade (with the Canberra Institute of Technology) |
| 14 December | Forum | Peter Corris, writer and journalist; Alex Palmer, writer; Gabrielle Lord, writer; Dorothy Jonston, writer; Stuart Coupe, reviewer | Why do we love crime fiction? |
| Date | Program | Speaker | Description |
| 3 + 10 + 17 January | Film screening | Matthew Fallon, convenor | Outlawed! Film Festival |
| 4 + 11 + 18 January | Film screening | Matthew Fallon, convenor | Outlawed! Films for Kids |
| 6 - 17 January | Workshops and demonstrations | Frane Lessac, illustrator in residence | Illustration demonstrations and workshops |
| 10 January | Lecture | Dr Pascal Lee, Principal Investigator of the NASA Haughton-Mars Project | The Mars Explorer's landing on Mars |
| 11 - 25 January | Outlawed! tours and storytelling | Nigel Sutton, NDS Productions | Storytelling in the Hall and a tour within the exhibition |
| 14 January | Workshop | Michael Westaway, Repatriation, National Museum of Australia | CSI at the NMA: Forensic Workshop |
| 15 January | Workshop | Mark Greenwood, author and musician | The Legend of Lasseter's Reef and The Legend of Moondyne Joe: Writing Workshop |
| 20 January | Tour | Tim the Yowie Man | Outlawed! exhibition followed by bus tour to bushranger sites near Canberra |
| 21 - 22 January | Tour | Tim the Yowie Man | Mystery Tour of the Museum for children |
| 25 January | Performance | Chinese Australian Association performers | Chinese New Year Celebrations: Year of the Monkey, with the ACT Chinese Australian Association |
| 26 January | Lecture | Dr Tim Phillips, Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania | What do Australians think of themselves?: The Results of a Survey Conducted by Dr Phillips |
| 26 January | Public Conversation | Professor Fiona Stanley, Australian of the Year; George Negus, ABC journalist | Part of Celebrating Australians Series - Professor Fiona Stanley in conversation with George Negus |
| 3 February | Lecture and film | Geremie Barmé, Co-director, Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies | Part of Australian National University Asia Pacific Week |
| 4 February | Lecture and film | Michael Morgan, Centre for Conflict and Post-Conflict Studies, Asia -Pacific School of Economics and Government | Part of Australian National University Asia Pacific Week |
| 4 February | Lecture | Deborah Carmichael, Associate Editor of the United States Film and History Journal and lecturer, Oklahoma State University | Jesse James: American Robin Hood and Media Creation in the 19th and 20th centuries |
