You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Buryatia History Museum, Trinity Church, or Republican Art Museum. You can watch performances at Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Bestuzhev Russian Drama Theater, and Ulger Puppet Theater if you're interested in local theater. Sights and attractions like Ulan-Ude Museum of Railway History, Namsarayev State Buryat Academical Drama Theatre, and Ulan-Ude Youth Fine Arts Theater offer insight into the local culture.