# Dataset.collection

```python
def Dataset.collection(name: str) -> Collection
```

Access a specific collection by its name.

## Parameters

**name**

`string`

The name of the collection

## Returns

A collection object.

```python title="Python"
collection = dataset.collection("My-collection")
```

## Errors

**NotFoundError**

`No such collection: Non-existent-Collection`

The specified collection does not exist in the dataset.