• Carl Sandburg Home Spring

    Carl Sandburg Home

    National Historic Site North Carolina

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  • Detour at Visitor Entrance

    The restroom facility, bridge and picnic area at the park entrance will be closed from June 19 - 21 for a roofing project. Visitors will need to walk around the front lake, .4 miles, to access the Sandburg Home and second restroom.

Join Our Friends

The Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara assist the National Park Service in its mission to preserve and protect Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site by raising funds and public awareness.

Your gift to Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara can help:
  • Enhance educational and interpretive activities
  • Increase public awareness and support of the park
  • Preserve, restore and enhance the park's cultural and natural resources
  • Preserve historic structures 
  • Provide improved services and facilities for its visitors

Wherever you go in the national park, you can see the results of the Friend's efforts. The Friends have provided funds for many vital projects, including:

  • The annual Folk Music Festival
  • Student Poetry Contest
  • Development of a Writer-in-Residence Program
  • Carl Sandburg Junior Ranger Program
  • Sandburg Satchel Traveling Trunk Education Program
  • Family Friendly festivals - Spring Into the Park and Fall Into the Farm

    But there is still much more work to do! Please help the Friends by Becoming a Friend Today!

Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible as allowable by law.

Did You Know?

museum staff cleaning a book from Carl Sandburg's multi-thousand volume library

There are over 12,000 books in the Main House. It takes over six YEARS to clean all the books in Carl Sandburg's collection. Cleaning books is a routine task for the museum staff at Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. The books are cleaned to reduce pests like silverfish from eating these valuable artifacts.