You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Buryatia History Museum, Khoca Nasamraev Literature Museum, or Republican Art 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 Ulan-Ude Museum of Railway History, Nature Museum, and Fine Arts Museum.