Most people have at least heard about the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C., even if they have not visited yet.

That’s to the north. But in just a few weeks, you will be able to go south to find an equally impressive museum about the Black experience.

The new place is the International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C., a former fountainhead of the slave trade. While Richmond has dreamed about having such a major museum, Charleston has gotten it done.

The museum, now scheduled to open Jan. 21, has been created, according to the website, to tell the story of “a journey that began centuries ago in Africa, and still continues.

“It is about the journey of millions of Africans, captured and forced across the Atlantic in the grueling and inhumane Middle Passage, who arrived at Gadsden’s Wharf in Charleston, South Carolina and other ports,” the post continues.

“Their labor, resistance and ingenuity and that of their descendants shaped every aspect of our world.”

We can’t wait to see what this museum will offer.