Lafayette Sights

  1. Acadian Cultural Center

    The best NPS museum in Cajun Country is the Acadian Cultural Center, near the airport. Interactive displays give life to local folkways and rangers guide boat tours of Bayou Vermilion.

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  2. Acadiana Center for the Arts

    In the heart of downtown Lafayette, the Acadiana Center for the Arts maintains three chic galleries and hosts dynamic theater, lecture and special events.

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  3. Children's Museum of Acadiana

    The Children's Museum of Acadiana encourages kids of all ages to romp through bizarre 'real life' sets, like an operating room, a TV studio and a bank.

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  4. Vermilionville

    Tranquil Vermilionville, next door to the Acadian Cultural Center, a restored/recreated 19th-century Cajun village, wends along the bayou. Friendly, costumed docents explain Cajun, Creole and Native American history; local bands perform most Sundays.

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