One exhibit tells the day-to-day details of the Shinn family. These details creep into Milicent's observations, because they are part of the child's environment and are scientific observations. We learn about the family - grandma Lucy, Aunty Milicent, mother Florence, father Joseph, baby Joseph - as well as the people who work on the ranch - nurse, cook, and field workers. We learn about the house - walnut bannisters, books/bookshelves, coffee grinders. We learn about the grounds - tankhouse and the garden - roses, flowers, trees.

The other exhibit starts with a lone bunkhouse, the last bunkhouse of the Shinn Ranch China Camp, with a quince hedge in front of it. There is little written about it, so we have to search for details in ledgers and notes. We wondered: who lived here? what did they do? To answer that question, we had to search through the archives of Fremont to find who else lived here. The Chinese History Project created an exhibit "Chinese Roots: Sketches of Life in the Washington Township."