You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Samara Regional Art Museum, Samara History Museum, or Military History Museum of the Volga-Ural Military District. Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Frunze House Museum, and Samara Philharmonic Hall are monuments to see when you're exploring the area around M. Gorky Literature and Memorial Museum. You can check out the local talent at Samara State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Chamber Stage Drama Theater, and Ponedelnick Theater.