Homecoming Memories

Land of Oz Archive · Guest Submissions

Celebrate Homecoming by Sharing Your Oz Story

As we celebrate the return of our Homecoming Season, we’re inviting guests from every generation to help us create a special Homecoming Memory Installation inside the Land of Oz.

For more than 50 years, families have made memories along the Yellow Brick Road. Whether you visited in 1970 or just experienced the magic last autumn, your story is part of the legacy that has made the Land of Oz feel like home.

We’d love for you to share your memories by contributing to the Oz Homecoming Archive. We’re looking for:

  • Original photographs
  • Home videos or film transfers
  • Letters and postcards
  • Ticket stubs and keepsakes
  • Written memories of your visit

Please upload your original files whenever possible. No resizing. No compression. We preserve every image exactly as you captured it, because your memory may become part of our Homecoming Memory Installation and help tell the story of the Land of Oz for generations to come.

If your photographs have been lost to time, we’d still love to hear your story. Whether it’s a favorite memory, a family tradition, or the reason the Land of Oz has always held a special place in your heart, your words are just as meaningful.

Thank you for helping us preserve the magic. Every journey down the Yellow Brick Road leaves a story worth remembering, and we can’t wait to welcome yours home.

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Photos & video from your visit

Drag them here, or choose files. We keep your originals exactly as they are and never shrink or convert them. HEIC from iPhone is welcome.

A story is the one thing we can’t get anywhere else. What do you remember? The smell of the woods, who took you up the mountain, what Dorothy said when she met you. A few sentences is plenty.

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Photo, Video & Memory Release

I confirm that I own the photographs, video, and/or written memories I am submitting, or that I have the permission of the owner to submit them to the Land of Oz.

I grant Land of Oz (Emerald Mountain Land Company / Land of Oz, Beech Mountain, North Carolina) a perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to copy, store, display, publish, reproduce, print, exhibit, and otherwise use this material in any format and in any medium, including print, signage, exhibits, publications, websites, and social media, for historical, archival, educational, and promotional purposes.

Where I have submitted a written memory, I understand that my words may be published in whole or in part, may be lightly edited for length, spelling, or clarity, and may be attributed to me as indicated below or published anonymously if I have chosen that option.

I understand that this material may be reproduced at print quality and displayed publicly, that I will not receive payment of any kind for its use, and that Land of Oz is under no obligation to use it.

I confirm that any person recognizable in, or identified by, this material is either myself, a member of my immediate family, or someone from whom I have obtained permission to submit their likeness or their story.

I understand that I may ask Land of Oz to stop using my submitted material at any time by contacting the park, and that Land of Oz will honor that request going forward, though it cannot recall materials already printed or distributed.

I acknowledge that Land of Oz will store this material on Google Drive and will record my submission in its contact management system, as described in the Land of Oz Privacy Policy.

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