You'll want to browse the collections at Volkonsky House Museum, East Siberian Soil Science Museum and Sukachev Fine Arts Museum. While you're exploring, swing by Irkutsk Regional Memorial Decembrists Museum, Volkonsky House, Irkutsk Academic Drama Theater and Irkutsk Regional Memorial Decembrists Museum, Trubetskoy House to learn a bit about the area. You can check out the local talent at Okhlopkov Drama Theater, Irkutsk Musical Theater and Theater for Young Spectators.