You'll want to browse the collections at Baikal Museum, East Siberian Soil Science Museum, and Museum of the History of the East-Siberian Railway. Sights like Volkonsky House Museum, Irkutsk Regional Memorial Decembrists Museum, Trubetskoy House, and Irkutsk Regional Memorial Decembrists Museum, Volkonsky House are must-sees while exploring the area. You can check out the local talent at Okhlopkov Drama Theater, Theater for Young Spectators, and Cheremkhovo Drama Theater.