You'll want to browse the collections at NKVD Memorial Museum of Political Repression, Tomsk History Museum, and Culture Museum of Tomsk State University. You can check out the local talent at Skomorokh Puppet and Actor Theater, Tomsk Regional Young People's Theater, and Chamber Drama Theater. At Museum of History of Tomsk Polytechnic University, Oppression Museum, and Theater Square, you'll experience some of the local culture.