The Backdoor

Louisiana

Lafayette

The Backdoor Music Museum, named for the song of the same name, is a Cajun music museum located in Downtown Lafayette. The museum hosts exhibits, a dance hall, an auditorium, a restaurant, and a roof top bar. The exhibits start from the oldest on the top floors, moving forward in chronology going down. The bottom floor has a dance hall/restaurant that can be opened up to downtown symbolizing the continued practice of Cajun music in the modern day.