You'll want to browse the collections at Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center, Museum of Military History and Ural Geology Museum. While you're exploring, swing by Romanov Family Memorial, Church on Blood in Honor of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land and Rastorguyev-Kharitonov Palace to learn a bit about the area. You can check out the local talent at Chamber Theater, Kolyada Theatre and Sverdlovsk Academic Theatre Of Musical Comedy.