diff --git a/src/dashboard/dashboard-manager.test.ts b/src/dashboard/dashboard-manager.test.ts
index eaa2869a..89f72129 100644
--- a/src/dashboard/dashboard-manager.test.ts
+++ b/src/dashboard/dashboard-manager.test.ts
@@ -175,4 +175,19 @@ describe('Dashboard manager', () => {
     expect(mockModelManager.destroy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockOriginalDataSource);
     expect(mockDataSourceManager.setRootDataSource).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockNewDataSource, dashboard.root);
   });
+
+  test('can retrieve model instances', () => {
+    const dashboard = dashboardManager.create({
+      type: 'serialized-model'
+    });
+
+    const mockDataSource = class MockDataSource {
+      public readonly value: number = Math.random();
+    };
+
+    mockModelManager.getModelInstances = jest.fn().mockReturnValue([new mockDataSource()]);
+
+    expect(dashboard.getModelInstances(mockDataSource).length).toBe(1);
+    expect(mockModelManager.getModelInstances).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockDataSource, {});
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/dashboard/dashboard.ts b/src/dashboard/dashboard.ts
index 534fcf00..22b8934c 100644
--- a/src/dashboard/dashboard.ts
+++ b/src/dashboard/dashboard.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export interface Dashboard<TRoot extends object = object> {
   setTimeRange(timeRange: TimeRange): this;
 
   /**
-   * Returns a serialized from of this dashboard. Note this does not
+   * Returns a serialized form of this dashboard. Note this does not
    * affect the dashboard in any way, it must be explicitly destroyed
    * if it is no longer in use.
    */
@@ -56,4 +56,10 @@ export interface Dashboard<TRoot extends object = object> {
    */
   // tslint:disable-next-line: no-any
   getRootDataSource<T extends DataSource<any>>(): T | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a shallow copy array of model instances within a dashboard that match the
+   * argument model class
+   */
+  getModelInstances<T extends object>(modelClass: Constructable<T>): object[];
 }
diff --git a/src/dashboard/default-dashboard.ts b/src/dashboard/default-dashboard.ts
index 6aed41b7..e763a9f6 100644
--- a/src/dashboard/default-dashboard.ts
+++ b/src/dashboard/default-dashboard.ts
@@ -86,4 +86,11 @@ export class DefaultDashboard<TRoot extends object> implements Dashboard<TRoot>
   public getRootDataSource<T extends DataSource<any>>(): T | undefined {
     return this.dataSourceManager.getRootDataSource(this.root) as T | undefined;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritdoc
+   */
+  public getModelInstances<T extends object>(modelClass: Constructable<T>): object[] {
+    return this.modelManager.getModelInstances<T>(modelClass, this.root);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/model/manager/model-manager.test.ts b/src/model/manager/model-manager.test.ts
index 9d6c848f..8dedc160 100644
--- a/src/model/manager/model-manager.test.ts
+++ b/src/model/manager/model-manager.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ describe('Model manager', () => {
     // Value used to disambiguate equality between instances
     public readonly value: number = Math.random();
   };
+  const testClass1 = class TestClass1 {
+    // Value used to disambiguate equality between instances
+    public readonly value: number = Math.random();
+  };
+  const testClass2 = class TestClass2 {
+    // Value used to disambiguate equality between instances
+    public readonly value: number = Math.random();
+  };
   let manager: ModelManager;
   let mockLogger: PartialObjectMock<Logger>;
   let mockApiBuilder: PartialObjectMock<ModelApiBuilder<ModelApi>>;
@@ -59,6 +67,18 @@ describe('Model manager', () => {
     manager.registerModelApiBuilder(mockApiBuilder as ModelApiBuilder<ModelApi>);
   });
 
+  test('returns array of instances matching arg', () => {
+    expect(manager.getModelInstances(testClass, {})).toStrictEqual([]);
+
+    const instance = manager.construct(testClass);
+    const instance1 = manager.construct(testClass1, instance);
+    const instance2 = manager.construct(testClass2, instance1);
+    expect(manager.getModelInstances(testClass, instance)).toStrictEqual([instance]);
+    expect(manager.getModelInstances(testClass1, instance)).toStrictEqual([instance1]);
+    expect(manager.getModelInstances(testClass2, instance)).toStrictEqual([instance2]);
+    expect(manager.getModelInstances(testClass2, instance1)).toStrictEqual([instance2]);
+  });
+
   test('allows constructing new models', () => {
     const instance = manager.construct(testClass);
     expect(instance.constructor).toBe(testClass);
diff --git a/src/model/manager/model-manager.ts b/src/model/manager/model-manager.ts
index 0004bcfd..9fc04e93 100644
--- a/src/model/manager/model-manager.ts
+++ b/src/model/manager/model-manager.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,23 @@ export class ModelManager {
     private readonly beforeModelDestroyedEvent: BeforeModelDestroyedEvent
   ) {}
 
+  /**
+   * Returns a shallow copy array of model instances that match the argument model class
+   */
+  public getModelInstances<T extends object>(modelClass: Constructable<T>, root: object): object[] {
+    let found: object[] = [];
+
+    if (root instanceof modelClass) {
+      found = [...found, root];
+    }
+
+    this.modelInstanceMap
+      .get(root)
+      ?.children.forEach(child => (found = [...found, ...this.getModelInstances(modelClass, child)]));
+
+    return found;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Constructs (@see `ModelManager.construct`) then initializes (@see `ModelManager.initialize`) it
    *