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Virtual Tour of Sandburg Home
This is a photo tour with some 360 images of the inside of the Sandburg Home. Visitors can only explore the home in person while on a guided tour. Find information about guided tours here.
Carl Sandburg and his family lived here for 22 years from 1945-1967. Learn about the home, how the Sandburg family lived here and the story of love and success they all shared.
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Front Porch
Listen to an audio narration of the Front Porch
- Date created:
- 03/31/2021
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Living Room
Listen to Audio narrative of Living Room
- Date created:
- 03/31/2021
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Carl Sandburg's Correspondence Office
Listen to an audio narrative of Carl Sandburg's Correspondence Office
- Date created:
- 03/31/2021
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Carl Sandburg Address to Congress excerpt
Short clip of the introduction of Carl Sandburg's address to a joint session of Congress on the occasion of Abraham Lincoln's 150th birthday in February 1959.
- Date created:
- 03/31/2021
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Farm Office
Listen to an audio narrative of the Farm Office
- Date created:
- 04/01/2021
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Why Goats? Interview with Mrs. Paula Sandburg
Mrs. Paula Sandburg answers why she and her daughters started raising dairy goats.
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- NPS Recording
- Date created:
- 03/31/2021
Dining Room
![family dining room Vintage dining room with table set for dinner, two walls of bookshelves and a bay of five windows on outside wall.](/articles/000/images/dining-room_1_1.jpg?maxwidth=1300&maxheight=1300&autorotate=false)
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Dining Room
LIsten to audio narration of the Dining Room
- Date created:
- 04/01/2021
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Kitchen
Listen to an audio narrative of the Kitchen
- Date created:
- 04/01/2021
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Mrs. Sandburg's Bedroom
Listen to an audio narration of Mrs. Sandburg's Bedroom
- Date created:
- 04/01/2021
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Explanations of Love excerpt by Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg reading an excerpt of his poem, Explanations of Love.
- Date created:
- 03/31/2021
Carl Sandburg's Study
![upstairs study A loft office filled with books, metal file cabinets, office desk and chair, and a wood stove.](/articles/000/images/upstairs-study.jpg?maxwidth=1300&maxheight=1300&autorotate=false)
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Sandburg's Upstairs Study
Listen to an audio narration of Mr. Sandburg's Study
- Date created:
- 04/01/2021
Carl Sandburg's Bedroom
![sandburg bedroom A loft bedroom with bed, two dressers, a wall bookshelf. Paper ephemera is on the desk and walls.](/articles/000/images/sandburg-bedroom.jpg?maxwidth=1300&maxheight=1300&autorotate=false)
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Sandburg's Bedroom
Listen to an audio of Sandburg's Bedroom
- Date created:
- 04/01/2021
Crow's Nest
![crows nest A view of the mountains from the third floor of the house.](/articles/000/images/crows-nest.jpg?maxwidth=1300&maxheight=1300&autorotate=false)
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Crow's Nest
Listen to an audio narration of The Crow's Nest
- Date created:
- 04/01/2021
Janet Sandburg's Bedroom
![janets room A loft bedroom with several dressers, twin bed and tables filled with books and papers. A typewriter sits at a table in front of a window.](/articles/000/images/janets-room.jpg?maxwidth=1300&maxheight=1300&autorotate=false)
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Janet's Bedroom
Listen to narration of Janet's Bedroom
- Date created:
- 04/01/2021
Margaret Sandburg's Bedroom
![margarets room A loft bedroom with two twin beds, a tv, sewing machine, desk and bookshelves.](/articles/000/images/margarets-room.jpg?maxwidth=1300&maxheight=1300&autorotate=false)
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Margaret's Bedroom
Listen to an audio narration of Margaret's Bedroom
- Date created:
- 04/01/2021
Last updated: April 22, 2022