You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Samara History Museum, Road Museum of Kuybyshev Railway History, or Military History Museum of the Volga-Ural Military District. Frunze House Museum, Samara Philharmonic Hall, and Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre 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, Ponedelnick Theater, and Chamber Stage Drama Theater.