diff --git a/apps/collection/migrations/0027_auto_20191217_1852.py b/apps/collection/migrations/0027_auto_20191217_1852.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5cbc4e0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/collection/migrations/0027_auto_20191217_1852.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.7 on 2019-12-17 18:52
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('collection', '0026_merge_20191217_1151'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='collection',
+            name='slug',
+            field=models.SlugField(max_length=255, null=True, unique=True, verbose_name='Collection slug'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/apps/collection/models.py b/apps/collection/models.py
index d273a9cd..a509b8d1 100644
--- a/apps/collection/models.py
+++ b/apps/collection/models.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ from utils.models import (
 from utils.querysets import RelatedObjectsCountMixin
 from utils.models import IntermediateGalleryModelMixin, GalleryMixin
 
+from slugify import slugify
+
 
 # Mixins
 class CollectionNameMixin(models.Model):
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ class Collection(ProjectBaseMixin, CollectionDateMixin,
     description = TJSONField(
         _('description'), null=True, blank=True,
         default=None, help_text='{"en-GB":"some text"}')
-    slug = models.SlugField(max_length=50, unique=True,
+    slug = models.SlugField(max_length=255, unique=True,
                             verbose_name=_('Collection slug'), editable=True, null=True)
     old_id = models.IntegerField(null=True, blank=True)
 
@@ -141,6 +143,15 @@ class Collection(ProjectBaseMixin, CollectionDateMixin,
 
         return related_objects
 
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not self.pk:
+            slugify_slug = slugify(
+                next(iter(self.name.values())), 
+                word_boundary=True
+            )
+            self.slug = slugify_slug
+        super(Collection, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
+
 
 class GuideTypeQuerySet(models.QuerySet):
     """QuerySet for model GuideType."""
diff --git a/apps/collection/serializers/back.py b/apps/collection/serializers/back.py
index 35917142..06630d8e 100644
--- a/apps/collection/serializers/back.py
+++ b/apps/collection/serializers/back.py
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ class CollectionBackOfficeSerializer(CollectionBaseSerializer):
             'related_object_names',
             'rank',
         ]
+        extra_kwargs = {
+            'slug': {'read_only': True},
+        }
 
 
 class CollectionBindObjectSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 18bb1bc5..e17c0975 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -64,5 +64,8 @@ pycountry==19.8.18
 # sql-tree
 django-mptt==0.9.1
 
+# slugify
+python-slugify==4.0.0
+
 # Export to Excel
 XlsxWriter==1.2.6
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