, ▁art ▁work sh ops , ▁con ferences ▁and ▁book ▁present ations , ▁mostly ▁on ▁the ▁museum ' s ▁upper ▁floor . ▁ ▁Crist o ▁College ▁building ▁ ▁The ▁building ▁at ▁ 1 0 4 ▁Don cel es ▁Street ▁was ▁originally ▁the ▁home ▁of ▁the ▁Crist o ▁College , ▁founded ▁by ▁Don ▁Crist ob al ▁V arg as ▁de ▁Val de z ▁in ▁ 1 6 1 2 , ▁when ▁it ▁received ▁its ▁royal ▁char ter . ▁The ▁college ▁began ▁with ▁a ▁de an ▁and ▁twelve ▁students ▁who ▁took ▁classes ▁at ▁San ▁Il def onso ▁College ▁and ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁San ▁Pedro ▁y ▁San ▁Pablo . ▁No ▁classes ▁were ▁given ▁in ▁this ▁building , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁still ▁called ▁a ▁college ▁because ▁it ▁offered ▁scholar ships ▁for ▁students ▁living ▁there . ▁The ▁college ▁almost ▁closed ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 4 ▁due ▁to ▁lack ▁of ▁funds , ▁and ▁was ▁subsequently ▁merged ▁with ▁San ▁Il def onso ▁College ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁present - day ▁building ▁was ▁constructed ▁between ▁ 1 7 7 0 ▁and ▁ 1 7 8 0 , ▁replacing ▁the ▁one ▁built ▁by ▁V arg as ▁de ▁Val de z . ▁While ▁it ▁has ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁minor ▁alter ations ▁over ▁the ▁years ▁it ▁is ▁basically ▁the ▁same ▁Bar o que ▁fac ade ▁and ▁a ▁small ▁pat io , ▁and ▁is ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁prime ▁example ▁of ▁an ▁ 1 8 th - century ▁residence . ▁The ▁fac ade ▁is ▁of ▁two ▁levels ▁and ▁faced