Art collections

set of purposely gathered physical or digital objects with some common characteristics

collection of historical art treasures belonging to a church

thumb|Ecclesiastical treasury in Vienna's Hofburg Palace thumb|The Green Vault in [[Dresden Castle (as at 1904)]] Schatzkammer, a German word which means "treasury" or "treasure chamber", is a term sometimes used in English for the collection of treasures, especially objets d’art in precious metals and jewels, of a ruler or other collector which are kept in a secure room and often found in the basement of a palace or castle. It also often included the wider types of object typical of the Renaissance cabinet of curiosities. A very small but evocative Renaissance room in a tower at Lacock Abbey