From historic museums exploring everything from our musical or spiritual heritage to how food gets to your table, along with outdoors from hiking greens to golfing greens, and shopping authentic main streets and arts, boutiques, antiques and uniques as well as a beautiful, cultural drive along our Zydeco Cajun Prairie Byway, enjoy the attractions of Acadia, Cajun Harvest Country.
The PostMaster’s General Store is a Vintage inspired General Store located in the old Branch Post Office bult in 1919! Come take a step back in time and crack open a glass bottle soda with us!
Arts and cultural hub for the Pointe-aux-Loups Cultural District in Iota. Local art on display, as well as artifacts of Iota’s history. By appointment or open the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 10 AM – 12 PM for a coffee party. The coffee party is not held in June, July, or August. The building is also available for rent.
Built in 1883 as a parsonage or priests’ home, Le Vieux Presbytère houses Church Point’s museum and is on the National Register of Historic Places for being one of the few remaining two-story structures that feature walls constructed with bousillage, a mixture of spanish moss and clay.
Open:
Monday – Friday 11am-4pm and
Saturdays from 11am-2pm, or by appointment.
Contact Harold Fonte, curator: 337-384-7993
In 1920, the Ford Motor Company constructed a three-story brick building and operated the Crowley Motor Company. The City of Crowley purchased the building in 2000 and now houses City Hall and 4 museums including the Rice Interpretive Center, History of Crowley, J.D. Miller Music Recording Studio, and the Ford Automotive Museum. Admission is free to the museums.
Mon-Thu: 8am-4:30pm
Fri: 8am-12:00pm
David E. Lyons, the “Amusement King,” built the Grand Opera House in 1901 and brought many successful plays and shows to Crowley. After Lyons’ death in 1940, the theatre closed and became a hardware store. In 1999, the building was purchased and completely restored by L.J. Gielen who then donated the entire 33,000-square-foot building to the nonprofit organization, the Grand Opera House of the South. It has been in operation since 2008 as a performing arts venue.
Check the Grand Opera House of the South’s website for a calendar of musical and theatre performances. Tours available by appointment only. Event hosting available.
Mon-Fri 8:00am-12:00pm, or by appointment.
The Theatre was constructed in the 1940s and later sold to the City of Crowley in 1986. Today, the Historic Rice Theatre hosts various community events as well as musical and theatrical performances. Tours available by appointment.
Contact: City of Crowley 337-783-0824