You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Museum of the History of the Gulag, Tsarevokokshaisk Kremlin, or Yevseyev National Museum. You can catch a show at Republican Puppet Theatre, Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre, and Mari El National Shketan Drama Theater. At Konstantinov Academic Russian Theatre, Museum of the City, and Museum of Fine Arts, you'll experience some of the local culture.