A collection can be developed as a hobby.
Collection is a term that comes from the Latin word collectĭo and refers to the set of things of the same kind that are brought together because of their value or the interest they arouse. The person who develops or organizes a collection is known as a collector.
For example: "My uncle has a large collection of glass bottles," "When I was a boy, he kept a collection of matchbooks in a trunk," "A collection of old bills was auctioned for more than half a million dollars."
Collecting as a hobby
Collecting usually develops as a hobby or hobby . The collector entertains himself and dedicates time and money to increasing his collection, which many exhibit in their own home or in a museum.
The types of collections are as varied as human interests. Among the most common collectibles are banknotes, coins, stamps, match boxes, sugar packets, postcards , autographs, bottles, pocket calendars, cans, maps, the coasters and the perfumes.
The set of works in a museum can be called a collection.
The term in art
In the same way, we must not forget that collection is a term widely used within what would be art. And it is used to refer to the set of works that a museum or exhibition center has and that have some common link.
Thus, for example, the British Museum in London especially highlights the collections of Egyptian mummies; that of numismatics, which is the most important in the world, or the so-called Elgin Marbles . The latter are marbles that come from one of the most important buildings in history: the Parthenon in Athens .
Whoever is lucky enough to be able to visit the aforementioned museum and especially that last collection, will be able to enjoy the interesting centaurs, gods or lapitas that were sculpted in said works.
Another of the exhibition centers in the world is the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, which is a reference due to the fact that it has a collection of some 20,000 works of what would be modern and contemporary art.
Other uses of the notion of collection
A collection can also be a series of books or other products that are published under a common heading since they share certain characteristics: "Tomorrow a new collection of police books goes on sale" , "I want to complete the Robin Hood collection published by Publicontodo" .
The set of creations that a designer presents for a certain season is another meaning of the collection concept: «The Italian fashion designer launched his Spring-Summer collection with a big parade on the beach» , «The winter collection includes garments in blue and green .
It must also be emphasized that precisely around the designers' collections, every certain period of time catwalks are organized and developed around the world, for spring, summer, autumn or winter. Thus, there are the Pasarela Cibeles in Madrid and the Fashion Week in London or New York .
Within the world of fashion, special interest is aroused by the Victoria's Secret underwear collections, which is one of the shows with the largest number of followers on the entire planet.