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Attractions • Le Vieux Attractions • Museums, Exhibits & Displays

Zydeco Music Exhibit

April 11, 2021

Le Vieux Village de Poste des Opelousas

Also located in the center is the Zydeco Music Exhibit, an interpretive panel exhibit dedicated to the unique and popular style of music ingenious to Southwest Louisiana.

Tour of Le Vieux Village

The Macland Plantation Bell

Venus House, c. mid- to late 1700s

Dr. Lafleur’s Office, c. 1908

19th Century Outhouse, c. 1890

La Chapelle House, c. 1840

Emar Andrepont General Store, c. 1880

Orphan Train Museum – Union Pacific Depot, c. 1900

Mary Jane Steam Engine, c. 1904

Whiteville Schoolhouse, 1911

St. Joseph Methodist Church, 1948

Jarrell Home (Opelousas Tourist Info Center), c. 1898

Pigeonnier, c. 1970s

Acadian House, c. 1970s

JS Clark Memorial Walkway

Jim Bowie Display

Zydeco Music Exhibit

Le Vieux Village Heritage Park & Museum

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Last modified: August 11, 2022

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