You'll want to browse the collections at Volkonsky House Museum, Baikal Museum and Museum of the History of the East-Siberian Railway. While you're exploring, swing by Irkutsk Regional Memorial Decembrists Museum, Trubetskoy House, Irkutsk Regional Memorial Decembrists Museum, Volkonsky House and Roman Catholic Parish of the Assumption of the Virgin to learn a bit about the area. You can check out the local talent at Okhlopkov Drama Theater, Irkutsk Musical Theater and Irkutsk Folk Drama Theater.