diff --git a/sdk/metric/internal/exemplar/hist.go b/sdk/metric/internal/exemplar/hist.go
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+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package exemplar // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/internal/exemplar"
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"sort"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+)
+
+// Histogram returns a [Reservoir] that samples the last measurement that falls
+// within a histogram bucket. The histogram bucket upper-boundaries are define
+// by bounds.
+//
+// The passed bounds will be sorted by this function.
+func Histogram[N int64 | float64](bounds []float64) Reservoir[N] {
+	sort.Float64s(bounds)
+	return &histRes[N]{
+		bounds:  bounds,
+		storage: newStorage[N](len(bounds) + 1),
+	}
+}
+
+type histRes[N int64 | float64] struct {
+	*storage[N]
+
+	// bounds are bucket bounds in ascending order.
+	bounds []float64
+}
+
+func (r *histRes[N]) Offer(ctx context.Context, t time.Time, n N, a []attribute.KeyValue) {
+	r.store[sort.SearchFloat64s(r.bounds, float64(n))] = newMeasurement(ctx, t, n, a)
+}
diff --git a/sdk/metric/internal/exemplar/hist_test.go b/sdk/metric/internal/exemplar/hist_test.go
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+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package exemplar
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestHist(t *testing.T) {
+	bounds := []float64{0, 100}
+	t.Run("Int64", ReservoirTest[int64](func(int) (Reservoir[int64], int) {
+		return Histogram[int64](bounds), len(bounds)
+	}))
+
+	t.Run("Float64", ReservoirTest[float64](func(int) (Reservoir[float64], int) {
+		return Histogram[float64](bounds), len(bounds)
+	}))
+}