diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashNav/DashNav.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashNav/DashNav.tsx
index 2ada1fcc28d..0ced7a34b85 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashNav/DashNav.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashNav/DashNav.tsx
@@ -338,6 +338,16 @@ export const DashNav = React.memo<Props>((props) => {
 
     buttons.push(renderTimeControls());
     buttons.push(tvButton);
+
+    if (config.featureToggles.scenes) {
+      buttons.push(
+        <ToolbarButton
+          tooltip={'View as Scene'}
+          icon="apps"
+          onClick={() => locationService.push(`/scenes/dashboard/${dashboard.uid}`)}
+        />
+      );
+    }
     return buttons;
   };
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardLoaderSrv.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardLoaderSrv.ts
index 986cec7d14d..5927eb975e1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardLoaderSrv.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardLoaderSrv.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class DashboardLoaderSrv {
     };
   }
 
-  loadDashboard(type: UrlQueryValue, slug: any, uid: any) {
+  loadDashboard(type: UrlQueryValue, slug: any, uid: any): Promise<DashboardDTO> {
     let promise;
 
     if (type === 'script') {
diff --git a/public/app/features/scenes/SceneListPage.tsx b/public/app/features/scenes/SceneListPage.tsx
index 2cf1e6ad489..59f48c9ab7c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scenes/SceneListPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/scenes/SceneListPage.tsx
@@ -1,27 +1,48 @@
 // Libraries
 import React, { FC } from 'react';
+import { useAsync } from 'react-use';
 
 import { Stack } from '@grafana/experimental';
 import { Card } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
 
 // Types
+import { getGrafanaSearcher } from '../search/service';
+
 import { getScenes } from './scenes';
 
 export interface Props {}
 
 export const SceneListPage: FC<Props> = ({}) => {
   const scenes = getScenes();
+  const results = useAsync(() => {
+    return getGrafanaSearcher().starred({ starred: true });
+  }, []);
 
   return (
-    <Page navId="scenes">
+    <Page navId="scenes" subTitle="Experimental new runtime and state model for dashboards">
       <Page.Contents>
-        <Stack direction="column">
-          {scenes.map((scene) => (
-            <Card href={`/scenes/${scene.state.title}`} key={scene.state.title}>
-              <Card.Heading>{scene.state.title}</Card.Heading>
-            </Card>
-          ))}
+        <Stack direction="column" gap={1}>
+          <h5>Test scenes</h5>
+          <Stack direction="column" gap={0}>
+            {scenes.map((scene) => (
+              <Card href={`/scenes/${scene.state.title}`} key={scene.state.title}>
+                <Card.Heading>{scene.state.title}</Card.Heading>
+              </Card>
+            ))}
+          </Stack>
+          {results.value && (
+            <>
+              <h5>Starred dashboards</h5>
+              <Stack direction="column" gap={0}>
+                {results.value!.view.map((dash) => (
+                  <Card href={`/scenes/dashboard/${dash.uid}`} key={dash.uid}>
+                    <Card.Heading>{dash.name}</Card.Heading>
+                  </Card>
+                ))}
+              </Stack>
+            </>
+          )}
         </Stack>
       </Page.Contents>
     </Page>
diff --git a/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardScene.tsx b/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardScene.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46106a06a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardScene.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { PageLayoutType } from '@grafana/data';
+import { config, locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { PageToolbar, ToolbarButton } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { AppChromeUpdate } from 'app/core/components/AppChrome/AppChromeUpdate';
+import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
+
+import { SceneObjectBase } from '../core/SceneObjectBase';
+import { SceneComponentProps, SceneLayout, SceneObject, SceneObjectStatePlain } from '../core/types';
+
+interface DashboardSceneState extends SceneObjectStatePlain {
+  title: string;
+  uid: string;
+  layout: SceneLayout;
+  actions?: SceneObject[];
+}
+
+export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> {
+  public static Component = DashboardSceneRenderer;
+}
+
+function DashboardSceneRenderer({ model }: SceneComponentProps<DashboardScene>) {
+  const { title, layout, actions = [], uid } = model.useState();
+
+  const toolbarActions = (actions ?? []).map((action) => <action.Component key={action.state.key} model={action} />);
+
+  toolbarActions.push(
+    <ToolbarButton icon="apps" onClick={() => locationService.push(`/d/${uid}`)} tooltip="View as Dashboard" />
+  );
+  const pageToolbar = config.featureToggles.topnav ? (
+    <AppChromeUpdate actions={toolbarActions} />
+  ) : (
+    <PageToolbar title={title}>{toolbarActions}</PageToolbar>
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <Page navId="scenes" pageNav={{ text: title }} layout={PageLayoutType.Canvas} toolbar={pageToolbar}>
+      <div style={{ flexGrow: 1, display: 'flex', gap: '8px', overflow: 'auto' }}>
+        <layout.Component model={layout} />
+      </div>
+    </Page>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardScenePage.tsx b/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardScenePage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b806e608d4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardScenePage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Libraries
+import React, { FC, useEffect } from 'react';
+
+import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
+import PageLoader from 'app/core/components/PageLoader/PageLoader';
+import { GrafanaRouteComponentProps } from 'app/core/navigation/types';
+
+import { getDashboardLoader } from './DashboardsLoader';
+
+export interface Props extends GrafanaRouteComponentProps<{ uid: string }> {}
+
+export const DashboardScenePage: FC<Props> = ({ match }) => {
+  const loader = getDashboardLoader();
+  const { dashboard, isLoading } = loader.useState();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    loader.load(match.params.uid);
+  }, [loader, match.params.uid]);
+
+  if (!dashboard) {
+    return (
+      <Page navId="dashboards/browse">
+        {isLoading && <PageLoader />}
+        {!isLoading && <h2>Dashboard not found</h2>}
+      </Page>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return <dashboard.Component model={dashboard} />;
+};
+
+export default DashboardScenePage;
diff --git a/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardsLoader.ts b/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardsLoader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d56b5a78d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardsLoader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+import { getDefaultTimeRange } from '@grafana/data';
+import { StateManagerBase } from 'app/core/services/StateManagerBase';
+import { dashboardLoaderSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardLoaderSrv';
+import { DashboardModel, PanelModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state';
+import { DashboardDTO } from 'app/types';
+
+import { SceneTimePicker } from '../components/SceneTimePicker';
+import { VizPanel } from '../components/VizPanel';
+import { SceneGridLayout, SceneGridRow } from '../components/layout/SceneGridLayout';
+import { SceneTimeRange } from '../core/SceneTimeRange';
+import { SceneObject } from '../core/types';
+import { SceneQueryRunner } from '../querying/SceneQueryRunner';
+
+import { DashboardScene } from './DashboardScene';
+
+export interface DashboardLoaderState {
+  dashboard?: DashboardScene;
+  isLoading?: boolean;
+  loadError?: string;
+}
+
+export class DashboardLoader extends StateManagerBase<DashboardLoaderState> {
+  private cache: Record<string, DashboardScene> = {};
+
+  public async load(uid: string) {
+    const fromCache = this.cache[uid];
+    if (fromCache) {
+      this.setState({ dashboard: fromCache });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.setState({ isLoading: true });
+
+    try {
+      const rsp = await dashboardLoaderSrv.loadDashboard('db', '', uid);
+
+      if (rsp.dashboard) {
+        this.initDashboard(rsp);
+      } else {
+        throw new Error('No dashboard returned');
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.setState({ isLoading: false, loadError: String(err) });
+    }
+  }
+
+  private initDashboard(rsp: DashboardDTO) {
+    // Just to have migrations run
+    const oldModel = new DashboardModel(rsp.dashboard, rsp.meta);
+
+    const dashboard = new DashboardScene({
+      title: oldModel.title,
+      uid: oldModel.uid,
+      layout: new SceneGridLayout({
+        children: this.buildSceneObjectsFromDashboard(oldModel),
+      }),
+      $timeRange: new SceneTimeRange(getDefaultTimeRange()),
+      actions: [new SceneTimePicker({})],
+    });
+
+    this.cache[rsp.dashboard.uid] = dashboard;
+    this.setState({ dashboard, isLoading: false });
+  }
+
+  private buildSceneObjectsFromDashboard(dashboard: DashboardModel) {
+    // collects all panels and rows
+    const panels: SceneObject[] = [];
+
+    // indicates expanded row that's currently processed
+    let currentRow: PanelModel | null = null;
+    // collects panels in the currently processed, expanded row
+    let currentRowPanels: SceneObject[] = [];
+
+    for (const panel of dashboard.panels) {
+      if (panel.type === 'row') {
+        if (!currentRow) {
+          if (Boolean(panel.collapsed)) {
+            // collapsed rows contain their panels within the row model
+            panels.push(
+              new SceneGridRow({
+                title: panel.title,
+                isCollapsed: true,
+                size: {
+                  y: panel.gridPos.y,
+                },
+                children: panel.panels
+                  ? panel.panels.map(
+                      (p) =>
+                        new VizPanel({
+                          title: p.title,
+                          pluginId: p.type,
+                          size: {
+                            x: p.gridPos.x,
+                            y: p.gridPos.y,
+                            width: p.gridPos.w,
+                            height: p.gridPos.h,
+                          },
+                          options: p.options,
+                          fieldConfig: p.fieldConfig,
+                          $data: new SceneQueryRunner({
+                            queries: p.targets,
+                          }),
+                        })
+                    )
+                  : [],
+              })
+            );
+          } else {
+            // indicate new row to be processed
+            currentRow = panel;
+          }
+        } else {
+          // when a row has been processed, and we hit a next one for processing
+          if (currentRow.id !== panel.id) {
+            // commit previous row panels
+            panels.push(
+              new SceneGridRow({
+                title: currentRow!.title,
+                size: {
+                  y: currentRow.gridPos.y,
+                },
+                children: currentRowPanels,
+              })
+            );
+
+            currentRow = panel;
+            currentRowPanels = [];
+          }
+        }
+      } else {
+        const panelObject = new VizPanel({
+          title: panel.title,
+          pluginId: panel.type,
+          size: {
+            x: panel.gridPos.x,
+            y: panel.gridPos.y,
+            width: panel.gridPos.w,
+            height: panel.gridPos.h,
+          },
+          options: panel.options,
+          fieldConfig: panel.fieldConfig,
+          $data: new SceneQueryRunner({
+            queries: panel.targets,
+          }),
+        });
+
+        // when processing an expanded row, collect its panels
+        if (currentRow) {
+          currentRowPanels.push(panelObject);
+        } else {
+          panels.push(panelObject);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // commit a row if it's the last one
+    if (currentRow) {
+      panels.push(
+        new SceneGridRow({
+          title: currentRow!.title,
+          size: {
+            y: currentRow.gridPos.y,
+          },
+          children: currentRowPanels,
+        })
+      );
+    }
+
+    return panels;
+  }
+}
+
+let loader: DashboardLoader | null = null;
+
+export function getDashboardLoader(): DashboardLoader {
+  if (!loader) {
+    loader = new DashboardLoader({});
+  }
+
+  return loader;
+}
diff --git a/public/app/routes/routes.tsx b/public/app/routes/routes.tsx
index 938a38b7e0d..17b5d38a063 100644
--- a/public/app/routes/routes.tsx
+++ b/public/app/routes/routes.tsx
@@ -523,6 +523,12 @@ export function getDynamicDashboardRoutes(cfg = config): RouteDescriptor[] {
       path: '/scenes',
       component: SafeDynamicImport(() => import(/* webpackChunkName: "scenes"*/ 'app/features/scenes/SceneListPage')),
     },
+    {
+      path: '/scenes/dashboard/:uid',
+      component: SafeDynamicImport(
+        () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "scenes"*/ 'app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardScenePage')
+      ),
+    },
     {
       path: '/scenes/:name',
       component: SafeDynamicImport(() => import(/* webpackChunkName: "scenes"*/ 'app/features/scenes/ScenePage')),