You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Buryatia History Museum, Ulan-Ude Museum of Railway History, or Khoca Nasamraev Literature Museum. You can check out the local talent at Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Bestuzhev Russian Drama Theater, and Ulan-Ude Youth Fine Arts Theater. Take in some of the local culture at Nature Museum, Fine Arts Museum, and Republican Art Museum.