diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 468d0e9c2..5ddf9d196 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           - "-p stac-arrow"
           - "-p stac-async"
           - "-p stac-cli --no-default-features"
+          - "-p stac-duckdb"
           - "-p stac-server --no-default-features"
           - "-p stac-server --no-default-features -F axum"
           - "-p stac-server --no-default-features -F memory-item-search"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cf6baafae..e4de02681 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ members = [
     "stac-arrow",
     "stac-async",
     "stac-cli",
+    "stac-duckdb",
     "stac-server",
     "stac-validate",
 ]
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ default-members = [
     "stac-arrow",
     "stac-async",
     "stac-cli",
+    "stac-duckdb",
     "stac-server",
     "stac-validate",
 ]
diff --git a/stac-duckdb/Cargo.toml b/stac-duckdb/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..caad292e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stac-duckdb/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[package]
+name = "stac-duckdb"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+duckdb = { version = "0.10", features = ["parquet"] }
+stac = { version = "0.7", path = "../stac" }
+stac-api = { version = "0.4", path = "../stac-api" }
+stac-arrow = { version = "0.1", path = "../stac-arrow" }
+thiserror = "1"
diff --git a/stac-duckdb/data/naip.parquet b/stac-duckdb/data/naip.parquet
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e54d47a2e
Binary files /dev/null and b/stac-duckdb/data/naip.parquet differ
diff --git a/stac-duckdb/src/lib.rs b/stac-duckdb/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdf753266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stac-duckdb/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+//! Use [STAC](https://stacspec.org/) with [DuckDB](https://duckdb.org).
+
+use duckdb::Connection;
+use stac::Item;
+use stac_api::Search;
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+/// Crate-specific error enum.
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum Error {
+    /// [duckdb::Error]
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    DuckDb(#[from] duckdb::Error),
+
+    /// [stac_arrow::Error]
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    StacArrow(#[from] stac_arrow::Error),
+}
+
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+
+/// A STAC-DuckDB client.
+pub struct Client {
+    connection: Connection,
+    path: String,
+}
+
+impl Client {
+    /// Creates a new client for the given path.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use stac_duckdb::Client;
+    ///
+    /// let client = Client::from_path("data/naip.parquet").unwrap();
+    /// ```
+    pub fn from_path(path: impl ToString) -> Result<Client> {
+        Ok(Client {
+            connection: Connection::open_in_memory()?,
+            path: path.to_string(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Searches this client's data store for items.
+    ///
+    /// TODO actually support search.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use stac_duckdb::Client;
+    ///
+    /// let client = Client::from_path("data/naip.parquet").unwrap();
+    /// let items = client.search(Default::default()).unwrap();
+    /// ```
+    pub fn search(&self, _: Search) -> Result<Vec<Item>> {
+        let mut statement = self
+            .connection
+            .prepare(&format!("SELECT * from '{}'", self.path))?;
+        let mut items = Vec::new();
+        for record_batch in statement.query_arrow([])? {
+            items.extend(stac_arrow::record_batch_to_items(record_batch)?);
+        }
+        Ok(items)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::Client;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn select_all() {
+        let client = Client::from_path("data/naip.parquet").unwrap();
+        let items = client.search(Default::default()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(items.len(), 5);
+    }
+}