ORLANDO, Fla. –  Saturday marked the first time Juneteenth was recognized as a national holiday.

​And what better way to celebrate it than by watching Black history come to life at the Bronze Kingdom museum in Orlando. 

Owner Rawlvan Bennett conducts tours of the museums exhibits containing art and sculptures from most countries in Africa. 

With the help of tourism company Go See the City, they gathered Black vendors and performers to put on a Juneteenth celebration. 

President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law Thursday. The holiday commemorates the end of slavery in America.

But Bennett says by coming here, Black men and women can go much deeper into their history.

“Too often, African American culture has been told as starting with slavery, OK? No, no, no, that’s what it is, we come from kings and queens and our culture and history starts in Africa,” Bennett said. 

But Bennett says it’s not just a good opportunity for African Americans to learn their heritage, but for any and all Americans to learn it too.

Like Erika Ramirez, who came to learn more about her friend’s cultural background. 

“I’m not way educated on it, so I feel like it’s really nice to step in here and see everything, and we’re reading each part and trying to understand each artifact and how it came to be and the intricacy of each thing and I just think it’s awesome,” Ramirez said. 

Bennett says it’s sad more people don’t know more about black heritage.

But he hopes making Juneteenth a national holiday is the start of changing that.

“I hope that we gain a new awareness of what black culture is,” Bennett said.