You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Buryatia History Museum, Khoca Nasamraev Literature Museum, or Ulan-Ude Museum of Railway History. You can watch performances at Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Bestuzhev Russian Drama Theater, and Namsarayev State Buryat Academical Drama Theatre if you're interested in local theater. Sights and attractions like Trinity Church, Ulan-Ude Youth Fine Arts Theater, and Republican Art Museum offer insight into the local culture.