The Acadian Village is a recreated 19th-century Cajun bayou settlement near Lafayette, a collection of restored and replica homes and buildings set along a meandering waterway that tells the story of early Acadian life. Ticketed admission lets visitors wander the folk-life museum, seeing period furnishings, a chapel, a general store and a blacksmith shop. Peaceful and atmospheric, it offers an evocative glimpse of the traditional rural life of the regions Cajun pioneers.