You'll want to browse the collections at Baikal Museum, Geological Museum, and Volkonsky House Museum. Sights like Irkutsk Regional Memorial Decembrists Museum, Trubetskoy House, Roman Catholic Parish of the Assumption of the Virgin, and Irkutsk Regional Memorial Decembrists Museum, Volkonsky House are must-sees while exploring the area. You can check out the local talent at Irkutsk Musical Theater, Okhlopkov Drama Theater, and Cheremkhovo Drama Theater.