You'll want to browse the collections at Simbirsk Trade and Crafts Museum, Simbirsk Photography Museum, and House Museum of V.I. Lenin. You can check out the local talent at Ulyanovsk Regional Puppet Theater, Ulyanovsk Regional Drama Theater, and Nebolshoy Theater for Young People. At Plastov Modern Art Museum, Roerich Center for Spiritual Culture, and Lenin Memorial Museum, you'll experience some of the local culture.