Welcome To The Bayou Vermilion District &
Vermilionville Living History Museum & Folklife Park Website.

For over 20 years Bayou Vermilion District has provided a valuable service for the citizens of Lafayette Parish, the heart of Acadiana. The Master Plan for the Bayou Vermilion District recognizes the Bayou Vermilion as one of Lafayette's most unique assets. The work performed by the District serves to beautify, conserve and manage sites along the bayou ensuring the preservation and enhancement of the natural and cultural resources in Lafayette Parish.

The Vermilionville Living History Museum & Folklife Park is an operating unit within Bayou Vermilion District created to preserve and represent Acadian, Creole, and Native American cultures within the region. It provides Lafayette residents and visitors from all over the world a wonderful opportunity to view a lifestyle as it occured during a time period spanning from 1765 to 1890. Vermilionville is the largest physical representation of Acadian and Creole culture in the world. The park sits on a beautiful tree-covered 23-acre site on the banks of the Bayou Vermilion in the heart of Lafayette, providing a place for music, food expression, cultural exchange, historic architecture and much more.

Improving the recreation quality of the Bayou Vermilion is an important mission for the Bayou Operations Team. Capturing and removing stormwater trash and other debris from the water and banks of the Bayou Vermilion dramatically improves the Bayou's water quality. Working closely with Lafayette Consolidated Government, Bayou Operations maintains several public boat launches and parks along the Bayou Vermilion.

The Bayou Vermilion District maintains and enhances life along the Bayou Vermilion for all residents of Lafayette Parish and Acadiana, and provides the best in bayou recreation and cultural history to our citizens and for visitors who regularly travel here from all over the world.

We hope you enjoy our website and the helpful information it provides.