You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Samara Regional Art Museum, Military History Museum of the Volga-Ural Military District, or Road Museum of Kuybyshev Railway History. While you're exploring, swing by Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Samara Philharmonic Hall, and Frunze House Museum to learn a bit about the area. You can catch a show at Chamber Stage Drama Theater, Samara Academic Drama Theater M. Gorky, and Samara State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.