You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Buryatia History Museum, Republican Art Museum, or Khoca Nasamraev Literature Museum. 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 Ulan-Ude Museum of Railway History, Trinity Church, and Ulan-Ude Youth Fine Arts Theater offer insight into the local culture.