menagerie

noun

form of keeping common and exotic animals in captivity that preceded the modern zoological garden

Pronunciation: /məˈnæd͡ʒəɹɪ/ / /mɪˈnæʒəɹɪ/ / /məˈnædʒəri/

Etymology: From French ménagerie, derived from ménager (“to keep house”), household. Housekeeping used to include taking care of domestic animals.

A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.
The enclosure where they are kept.
“In Sacramento a crazed woman opened the cages of a circus menagerie for fear the animals might starve to death, and had been mauled by a lioness.”
A diverse or miscellaneous group.
“[Brigitte] Bardot, the stunning, desirable beauty who once stood for sexual freedom for women, spent the latter part of her life at her home near Saint Tropez with her husband and a menagerie of pets.”
The orchestra of a theatre.