The International exhibition of marine and maritime hygiene was a world's fair held in Genoa in 1914.

[1] The fair was held between May 23, 1914[2] and 15 December 1914[1] with the aim of showing life in Italian colonies.

[1] The fair was opened by Vittorio Emanuele III and Queen Elena.

[3] There were displays from the colonies of Eritrea, Somalia, Cyrenaica and Tripolitania[4] and one about the economics of the territories in Africa.

Attractions included a large diorama created by Francesco Bosso of the Panama Canal, which opened in 1914.