var contact1Model = new Backbone.Model({ firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Doe', phone: '1-111-1111' }); var contact2Model = new Backbone.Model({ firstName: 'Jane', lastName: 'Doe', phone: '2-222-2222' }); //create a collection, pass in two models var contacts = new Backbone.Collection([contact1Model, contact2Model]); console.log(contacts.models); //logs array containing models