diff --git a/ghost/collections/package.json b/ghost/collections/package.json
index 4c6d54299b..0c3d686667 100644
--- a/ghost/collections/package.json
+++ b/ghost/collections/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         "dev": "tsc --watch --preserveWatchOutput --sourceMap",
         "build": "tsc",
         "prepare": "tsc",
-        "test:unit": "NODE_ENV=testing c8 --src src --all --exclude 'src/Collection.ts' --exclude 'test/' --check-coverage --100 --reporter text --reporter cobertura mocha -r ts-node/register './test/**/*.test.ts'",
+        "test:unit": "NODE_ENV=testing c8 --src src --all --exclude 'test/' --check-coverage --100 --reporter text --reporter cobertura mocha -r ts-node/register './test/**/*.test.ts'",
         "test": "yarn test:types && yarn test:unit",
         "test:types": "tsc --noEmit",
         "lint:code": "eslint src/ --ext .ts --cache",
diff --git a/ghost/collections/src/Collection.ts b/ghost/collections/src/Collection.ts
index eb49586c59..76227efddd 100644
--- a/ghost/collections/src/Collection.ts
+++ b/ghost/collections/src/Collection.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,79 @@
-// @NOTE: file names having only type declarations should also
-//        be uppercased
-/* eslint-disable ghost/filenames/match-regex */
+// have to use requires until there are type definitions for these modules
 
-export type Collection = {
+const {ValidationError} = require('@tryghost/errors');
+const tpl = require('@tryghost/tpl');
+
+import ObjectID from 'bson-objectid';
+
+const messages = {
+    invalidIDProvided: 'Invalid ID provided for Collection',
+    invalidDateProvided: 'Invalid date provided for {fieldName}'
+};
+
+export class Collection {
     id: string;
-    // @NOTE: this field feels out of place here and needs clarification
-    //        it's here for now to implement the InMemoryRepository pattern
-    deleted: boolean;
     title: string;
-    description: string,
+    slug: string;
+    description: string;
     type: 'manual' | 'automatic';
     filter: string | null;
-    feature_image: string | null;
+    featureImage: string | null;
+    createdAt: Date;
+    updatedAt: Date;
+    deleted: boolean;
+
+    private constructor(data: any) {
+        this.id = data.id;
+        this.title = data.title;
+        this.slug = data.slug;
+        this.description = data.description;
+        this.type = data.type;
+        this.filter = data.filter;
+        this.featureImage = data.featureImage;
+        this.createdAt = data.createdAt;
+        this.updatedAt = data.updatedAt;
+        this.deleted = data.deleted;
+    }
+
+    static validateDateField(date: any, fieldName: string): Date {
+        if (!date) {
+            return new Date();
+        }
+
+        if (date instanceof Date) {
+            return date;
+        }
+
+        throw new ValidationError({
+            message: tpl(messages.invalidDateProvided, {fieldName})
+        });
+    }
+
+    static async create(data: any): Promise<Collection> {
+        let id;
+
+        if (!data.id) {
+            id = new ObjectID();
+        } else if (typeof data.id === 'string') {
+            id = ObjectID.createFromHexString(data.id);
+        } else if (data.id instanceof ObjectID) {
+            id = data.id;
+        } else {
+            throw new ValidationError({
+                message: tpl(messages.invalidIDProvided)
+            });
+        }
+
+        return new Collection({
+            id: id.toHexString(),
+            title: data.title,
+            description: data.description,
+            type: data.type,
+            filter: data.filter,
+            featureImage: data.feature_image,
+            createdAt: Collection.validateDateField(data.created_at, 'created_at'),
+            updatedAt: Collection.validateDateField(data.updated_at, 'updated_at'),
+            deleted: data.deleted || false
+        });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsRepositoryInMemory.ts b/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsRepositoryInMemory.ts
index e7eac2eb8e..0904ccf507 100644
--- a/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsRepositoryInMemory.ts
+++ b/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsRepositoryInMemory.ts
@@ -1,51 +1,16 @@
-// have to use requires until there are type definitions for these modules
-const {ValidationError} = require('@tryghost/errors');
-const tpl = require('@tryghost/tpl');
-
-import ObjectID from 'bson-objectid';
 import {InMemoryRepository} from '@tryghost/in-memory-repository';
 import {Collection} from './Collection';
 
-const messages = {
-    invalidIDProvided: 'Invalid ID provided for Collection'
-};
-
 export class CollectionsRepositoryInMemory extends InMemoryRepository<string, Collection> {
     constructor() {
         super();
     }
 
-    async create(data: any): Promise<Collection> {
-        let id;
-
-        if (!data.id) {
-            id = new ObjectID();
-        } else if (typeof data.id === 'string') {
-            id = ObjectID.createFromHexString(data.id);
-        } else if (data.id instanceof ObjectID) {
-            id = data.id;
-        } else {
-            throw new ValidationError({
-                message: tpl(messages.invalidIDProvided)
-            });
-        }
-
-        return {
-            id: id.toHexString(),
-            title: data.title,
-            description: data.description,
-            type: data.type,
-            filter: data.filter,
-            feature_image: data.feature_image,
-            deleted: data.deleted || false
-        };
-    }
-
     protected toPrimitive(entity: Collection): object {
         return {
             title: entity.title,
             description: entity.description,
-            feature_image: entity.feature_image
+            feature_image: entity.featureImage
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsService.ts b/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsService.ts
index 39efa1e21a..26a7196c6d 100644
--- a/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsService.ts
+++ b/ghost/collections/src/CollectionsService.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export class CollectionsService {
     }
 
     async save(data: any): Promise<Collection> {
-        const collection = await this.repository.create(data);
+        const collection = await Collection.create(data);
         await this.repository.save(collection);
         return collection;
     }
diff --git a/ghost/collections/src/index.ts b/ghost/collections/src/index.ts
index 79533181fb..626ea081dc 100644
--- a/ghost/collections/src/index.ts
+++ b/ghost/collections/src/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export * from './CollectionsService';
 export * from './CollectionsRepositoryInMemory';
+export * from './Collection';
diff --git a/ghost/collections/test/Collection.test.ts b/ghost/collections/test/Collection.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89404a687b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/collections/test/Collection.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import assert from 'assert';
+import ObjectID from 'bson-objectid';
+import {Collection} from '../src/index';
+
+describe('Collection', function () {
+    it('Create Collection entity', async function () {
+        const collection = await Collection.create({
+            title: 'Test Collection'
+        });
+
+        assert.ok(collection instanceof Collection);
+        assert.ok(collection.id, 'generated id should be set');
+        assert.ok(ObjectID.isValid(collection.id), 'generated id should be valid ObjectID');
+
+        assert.equal(collection.title, 'Test Collection');
+        assert.ok(collection.createdAt instanceof Date);
+        assert.ok(collection.updatedAt instanceof Date);
+        assert.ok((collection.deleted === false), 'deleted should be false');
+    });
+
+    it('Can create a Collection with predefined ID', async function () {
+        const id = new ObjectID();
+        const savedCollection = await Collection.create({
+            id: id.toHexString()
+        });
+
+        assert.equal(savedCollection.id, id.toHexString(), 'Collection should have same id');
+    });
+
+    it('Can create a Collection with predefined ObjectID instance', async function () {
+        const id = new ObjectID();
+        const savedCollection = await Collection.create({
+            id: id
+        });
+
+        assert.equal(savedCollection.id, id.toHexString(), 'Collection should have same id');
+    });
+
+    it('Can create a Collection with predefined created_at and updated_at values', async function () {
+        const createdAt = new Date();
+        const updatedAt = new Date();
+        const savedCollection = await Collection.create({
+            created_at: createdAt,
+            updated_at: updatedAt
+        });
+
+        assert.equal(savedCollection.createdAt, createdAt, 'Collection should have same created_at');
+        assert.equal(savedCollection.updatedAt, updatedAt, 'Collection should have same updated_at');
+    });
+
+    it('Throws an error when trying to create a Collection with an invalid ID', async function () {
+        assert.rejects(async () => {
+            await Collection.create({
+                id: 12345
+            });
+        }, (err: any) => {
+            assert.equal(err.message, 'Invalid ID provided for Collection', 'Error message should match');
+            return true;
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('Throws an error when trying to create a Collection with invalid created_at date', async function () {
+        assert.rejects(async () => {
+            await Collection.create({
+                created_at: 'invalid date'
+            });
+        }, (err: any) => {
+            assert.equal(err.message, 'Invalid date provided for created_at', 'Error message should match');
+            return true;
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/ghost/collections/test/collections.test.ts b/ghost/collections/test/collections.test.ts
index 36e85986e3..fd24ce9325 100644
--- a/ghost/collections/test/collections.test.ts
+++ b/ghost/collections/test/collections.test.ts
@@ -40,34 +40,6 @@ describe('collections', function () {
         assert.equal(deletedCollection, null, 'Collection should be deleted');
     });
 
-    it('Can create a collection with predefined ID', async function () {
-        const id = new ObjectID();
-        const savedCollection = await collectionsService.save({
-            id: id.toHexString()
-        });
-
-        assert.equal(savedCollection.id, id.toHexString(), 'Collection should have same id');
-    });
-
-    it('Can create a collection with predefined ObjectID instance', async function () {
-        const id = new ObjectID();
-        const savedCollection = await collectionsService.save({
-            id: id
-        });
-
-        assert.equal(savedCollection.id, id.toHexString(), 'Collection should have same id');
-    });
-
-    it('Throws an error when trying to save a collection with an invalid ID', async function () {
-        try {
-            await collectionsService.save({
-                id: 12345
-            });
-        } catch (error: any) {
-            assert.equal(error.message, 'Invalid ID provided for Collection', 'Error message should match');
-        }
-    });
-
     describe('edit', function () {
         it('Can edit existing collection', async function () {
             const savedCollection = await collectionsService.save({