Instituto Nacional de Musicología Carlos Vega
This sumptuous building belies its location on a quiet, almost run-down block of San Telmo. Its main exhibition hall boasts an intricate stained-glass ceiling within a cast-iron dome, held up by four oversized and graceful female goddesses and other angel-like figures. The Institute, named for founder and musical conductor Carlos Vega, hosts lectures, art exhibits, and musical recitals during the day. But the turn-of-the-last-century building itself is the true star; this was the original site of the National Library, where Borges was director from 1955 to 1973, before it moved to its current Palermo location in 1992.
This sumptuous building belies its location on a quiet, almost run-down block of San Telmo. Its main exhibition hall boasts an intricate stained-glass ceiling within a cast-iron dome, held up by four oversized and graceful female goddesses and other angel-like figures. The Institute, named for founder and musical conductor Carlos Vega, hosts lectures, art exhibits, and musical recitals during the day. But the turn-of-the-last-century building itself is the true star; this was the original site of the National Library, where Borges was director from 1955 to 1973, before it moved to its current Palermo location in 1992.
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