the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > collecting and storing > collecting curiosities, etc. > a collection of curiosities, etc. (2)
concrete. A number of objects collected or gathered together, viewed as a whole; a group of things… of scientific specimens, objects of interest…
In extended use (usually derogatory): any large or motley collection of things, esp. outmoded or useless ones; the repository of such a collection.