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