Curio

Curio may refer to:

Objects

• Bric-à-brac, lesser objets d'art for display
• Cabinet of curiosities, a room-sized collection or exhibit of curios or curiosities
• Collectables
• Curio cabinet, a cabinet constructed for the display of curios

People

• Eberhard Curio (1932–2020), German ecologist
• Gottfried Curio (born 1960), German politician
• Curio maximus, a priesthood in ancient Rome that had oversight of the curiae
• Gaius Scribonius Curio (disambiguation), the name of several ancient Romans, especially a father and son who were active in the 1st century BC
• an online pseudonym for Diana Napolis

Places

• Curio, Switzerland, a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland
• Curio Bay, a coastal bay best known as the site of a petrified forest some 180 million years old

Popular culture

• Curio (Twelfth Night), a character in the Shakespearean comedy Twelfth Night
• Curio (band), a Japanese rock band
• Curio (The Shak), a character on the television program The Shak

Other uses

• Curio (brand), a collection in the Hilton portfolio
• Curio (plant), a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae

See also

• Curiosity (disambiguation)
• Curious (disambiguation)
• Curia (disambiguation)
• Curie (disambiguation)