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