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