You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Buryatia History Museum, Republican Art Museum, or Ulan-Ude Museum of Railway History. You can watch performances at Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Ulger Puppet Theater, and Bestuzhev Russian Drama Theater if you're interested in local theater. Sights and attractions like Namsarayev State Buryat Academical Drama Theatre, Trinity Church, and Ulan-Ude Youth Fine Arts Theater offer insight into the local culture.