You'll want to browse the collections at Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum, and Museum-House of the Writer Maxim Gorky. Sights like Dmitry Tower, Bolshaia Pokrovskaia Street, and Alexander Nevsky Cathedral are landmarks to visit in the area. You can watch performances at Comedy Theater, Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet, and Preobrazhenie Music and Dance Theater if you're interested in local theater.