This location is a state park and the building was consructed in 1866-67 and served as the center for the Chinese community until the early 1940's.The building now contains thousands of artifacts and relics which illustrate the many former uses of the site...as a general store, office of the famouis herbal doctor, Chinese temple and the home of two noted members of the local community, "Doc Ing Hay and Lung On , highly successful businessmen. "Doc Hay" was the most famous herbal doctor between Seattle and San Francisco. Doc Hay was a member of Pulse Diagnosis, a traditional Chinese method of detecting illness through light pressure at the wrist. Doc Hay then treated his patients with herbal medicines, made up of imported and local plants. More than 1,000 different herbs, many rare ones whose use is still unknown, can be seen in the museum.
This is an internationally known museum and a tourist draw for John Day. The museum is open only May thru October. Guided tours only but no fee to enter. Well worth an hour or so of ones time.
You are looking for a painted plastic container containing the usual valuable items.