You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Orel Regional Museum, Granovsky House Museum, or Turgenev Literature Museum. Sights like Leskov House Museum, Andreyev House Museum, and Rusanov House Museum are landmarks to visit in the area. You can watch performances at Russian Style Municipal Theater, Turgenev Orel Academic Theater, and Svobodnoe Prostranstvo State Theater for Children and Youth if you're interested in local theater.