You'll want to browse the collections at Volkonsky House Museum, Museum of Communications, and Sukachev Fine Arts Museum. While you're exploring, swing by Irkutsk Regional Memorial Decembrists Museum, Trubetskoy House, Irkutsk Regional Memorial Decembrists Museum, Volkonsky House, and Roman Catholic Parish of the Assumption of the Virgin to learn a bit about the area. You can check out the local talent at Aistenok Irkutsk Regional Puppet Theater, Irkutsk Musical Theater, and Irkutsk Folk Drama Theater.