House of Pacific Relations International Cottages


The House of Pacific Relations International Cottages is a complex of cottages in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. Built for the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition, they currently house 34 groups that "promote multicultural goodwill and understanding through educational and cultural programs". Groups that do not have their own cottage meet in the nearby Hall of Nations. The United Nations Association of San Diego operates separately out of the neighboring United Nations Building.
In 2021, the House of Pacific Relations International Cottages expanded, adding nine new cottages for Mexico, Panama, the Philippines, Peru, India, Korea, Palestine, Turkey, and the Chamorro people.
In 2025, the House of Somalia was added as the first cottage representing an African nation.
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Cottages

Current cottages

There are 31 cultures represented in the park represented by 30 cottages. Prior to 1992, Czechoslovakia was represented as a single cottage, and since its partition, both cultures still share the same cottage. The current 30 cottages are:

Groups without cottages

The Hall of Nations Building has been used on a rotating basis by member nations who don’t presently have a cottage; several times a year, these groups host the Hall of Nations. Currently, the 7 groups that are currently pending house status are:

Former cottages

Some member nations suffer from dwindling membership and lack of interest. Due to this, some houses have been dissolved by their members. These are: