Collegium Śniadeckiego, Kraków

Collegium Śniadeckiego is a Jagiellonian University building located at 27 Kopernika Street, Wesoła Street, in Kraków, Poland.

The College took its name from the mathematician and astronomer, Jan Śniadecki, who worked at the Jagiellonian University during the period of Kołłątaj's great reform. The building has a long history. Already in the sixteenth century, there was a Renaissance square garden in this place, on the grounds of which the palace was built around 1600. Later it became the property of the Czartoryski dukes, who created here their suburban residence. In 1752 they sold it to the Jesuits who rebuilt it for their college.

After the dissolution of the monastery, the palace along with the garden became the property of the Krakow Academy. The palace was rebuilt in the years 1788-1792 according to the design of Stanisław Zawadzki. Inspired by Śniadecki, an astronomical observatory was organized here, and in 1783 a botanical garden was created around the palace, where Jan Dominik Jaśkiewicz, a chemist and botanist of that time, worked.

In the 1960s the astronomical observatory was moved to the "Stinking Rock" fort. Currently, the College houses the Institute of Botany, the Botanical Garden Museum and the premises of the Copernicus Centre for Interdisciplinary Research.

Next to the building is the entrance to the Botanical Garden.