Le Vieux Village de Poste des Opelousas

06/13/2024

Join us for our Rocking Chair Readers event! Weather permitting, this event will be held on Thursday, June 20, 2024 from 5:30PM - 7:30PM. This is a free family - oriented event! Please check out the flyer for more details!

06/06/2024

save the date! The Louisiana Orphan Train Society’s Annual Gathering in October

06/06/2024

Opelousas Travel was excited to welcome visitors with the Descendants Gathering event to the village on Wednesday for the kick off of their 3-day genealogy themed reunion in Opelousas!

05/31/2024

Today we welcomed the Lewis, Wilson, Jackson and Ina families to Le Vieux Village. Approximately one hundred people toured our historic village as part of their activities for their weekend family reunion. Members of the group were represented by places such as Boston, Texas, Oklahoma, California and other states.

Opelousas Travel
Historic Opelousas

05/29/2024

Thank you J.S. Clark High School Alumni for helping keep the history of early black education in Opelousas alive and sharing the story of the great Gold Olympian Rodney Milburn. Today, former students Dennis Lazard and Michael Carron installed four new plaques on the J.S. Clark Memorial Walkway at Le Vieux Village. The walkway, which pays tribute to the former educators and students of the school which served black students from 1953-1969, was dedicated in October 2014.


J.S. CLARK Alumni Association
Opelousas Travel

05/24/2024

A meeting of some marvelous minds today as a dynamic group of ladies gathered at Le Vieux Village to plan the upcoming Rocking Chair Reader’s event. 📚 Mark your calendars for Friday, May 31 at 5:30pm for the first St. Landry Early Learning Network “Rocking Chair Readers” family and community event! It will be a wonderful opportunity for families and the community to come together and help foster and promote the love for reading.

Want to learn more about this series and the St. Landry Early Learning Network? Visit their website at earlylearningnetworkslp.org

Opelousas Travel
Historic Opelousas
St. Landry Parish School Board

05/21/2024

Started the week off at Le Vieux Village with visitors from Detroit on Monday morning. They told us what they love about is our culture including the French language.

Opelousas Travel

05/13/2024

Thank you Martial Billeaud Elementary for stopping by Le Vieux Village last week. We were delighted to welcome the group of 98, made up of students, faculty and parents, as they journeyed through time and learned some cool facts while exploring the Louisiana Orphan Train Museum and the village.

Opelousas Travel

04/26/2024

The City of Opelousas (Opelousas Travel)Tourism and Opelousas Main Street love the Boot❤️!! On Tuesday, members of the Opelousas Rotary Interact Club and other volunteers helped plant garden plants and flowers around Le Vieux Village. We also bagged 8 bags of debris and leaves. Today, Opelousas Main Street volunteers planted flowers on Bellevue Street in downtown Opelousas. 👏

04/25/2024

Thank you Opelousas School of Cosmetology for visiting Le Vieux Village de Poste des Opelousas today and using the site for your photo shoot! 📷We had a great time with y’all! 🌼

Opelousas Travel
Historic Opelousas

04/24/2024

La Table Française this morning at the Louisiana Orphan Train Museum at Le Vieux Village in Opelousas where we welcomed some new faces as well as familiar faces. If you speak French or want to learn , please come to our next meeting on May 29, 2024. We will have fresh coffee and donuts and enjoy each other’s company.

Opelousas Travel

04/19/2024

Accordions, fiddles, guitars and rub-boards are among the music instruments kids learn to play at Louisiana Folk Roots Kids Camp in June. The Opelousas camp is scheduled for June 24-28, from 9am-4 pm daily and welcomes youth ages 8 – 14 years old. The camp location is Le Vieux Village de Poste des Opelousas
Daily activities include music classes, jam sessions, singing, dancing, games, and folklife crafts. Tuition includes a camp shirt, daily lunch and snacks. A music showcase and dance party for families is held on the final day of camp.
Participants are asked to bring a traditional musical instrument to Kids Camp. Loans of instruments for Kids Campers are available through Folk Roots, Lafayette Public Library, or local music stores. Teens ages 15-18 with traditional music experience are eligible to apply for the Counselor in Training (CIT) team and tuition waiver.
To register for the Folk Roots Kids Camp in Opelousas or Lafayette, visit LAfolkroots.org or call 337.234.8360

Opelousas Travel
Louisiana Orphan Train Museum
Opelousas Main Street
St. Landry Parish Tourism
Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center
Historic Opelousas

04/17/2024

Join in on La Table Francaise next Wed., April 24 in Opelousas at the Louisiana Orphan Train Museum located at Le Vieux Village de Poste des Opelousas. This event happens from 8:30-9:30 am and is free and open to the public. It's also a great opportunity to expand your French language skills and connect with others. Refreshments served.

Historic Opelousas
St. Landry Parish Tourism
Opelousas Travel
Opelousas Main Street

04/04/2024

🎓 Capturing memories in the heart of history! Over the last few weeks, we have had a chance to see some seniors at Le Vieux Village de Poste des Opelousas as they pose for their senior portraits. On Wednesday, we met a beautiful soon to be graduate from Iowa, Louisiana.

03/23/2024

It was a great day to welcome a group of French Exchange students from the Alps of France to Le Vieux Village de Poste des Opelousas this morning. Special thanks to Rotary Club of Opelousas Sunrise for taking the students on a cultural tour throughout Opelousas.

Opelousas Travel
Historic Opelousas

03/22/2024

The Opelousas La Table Francaise meets every last Wednesday of the month at the Louisiana Orphan Train Museum at Le Vieux Village located at 828 E. Landry St from 8:30-9:30 am. This month’s meeting will be held on March 27th. If you are interested in learning French, then join us for this free informal event! It’s a fantastic opportunity to expand your language skills and connect with others.

02/20/2024

Registration is open for the summer 2024 LA Folk Roots Kids Cajun-Creole Music Camp at Le Vieux Village de Poste des Opelousas! This week-long camp happens June 24-28 and includes instructors for singing, guitar, accordion and fiddle. Plus, there's a lot of other fun cultural activities! FMI visit www.lafolkroots.org

Louisiana Folk Roots
St. Landry Parish Tourism
Opelousas Main Street
Opelousas Travel
Historic Opelousas
State Representative Dustin Miller

02/08/2024

Thank you Lafayette Cornerstone Homeschool for bringing a great group of students to visit Le Vieux Village de Poste des Opelousas and the Louisiana Orphan Train Museum on Friday, Feb 3.

12/25/2023