diff --git a/opencensus/metrics/export/metric_producer.py b/opencensus/metrics/export/metric_producer.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8edb4c10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opencensus/metrics/export/metric_producer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# Copyright 2019, OpenCensus 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.
+
+import threading
+
+
+class MetricProducer(object):
+    """Produces a set of metrics for export."""
+
+    def get_metrics(self):
+        """Get a set of metrics to be exported.
+
+        :rtype: set(:class: `opencensus.metrics.export.metric.Metric`)
+        :return: A set of metrics to be exported.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError  # pragma: NO COVER
+
+
+class MetricProducerManager(object):
+    """Container class for MetricProducers to be used by exporters.
+
+    :type metric_producers: iterable(class: 'MetricProducer')
+    :param metric_producers: Optional initial metric producers.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, metric_producers=None):
+        if metric_producers is None:
+            self.metric_producers = set()
+        else:
+            self.metric_producers = set(metric_producers)
+        self.mp_lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    def add(self, metric_producer):
+        """Add a metric producer.
+
+        :type metric_producer: :class: 'MetricProducer'
+        :param metric_producer: The metric producer to add.
+        """
+        if metric_producer is None:
+            raise ValueError
+        with self.mp_lock:
+            self.metric_producers.add(metric_producer)
+
+    def remove(self, metric_producer):
+        """Remove a metric producer.
+
+        :type metric_producer: :class: 'MetricProducer'
+        :param metric_producer: The metric producer to remove.
+        """
+        if metric_producer is None:
+            raise ValueError
+        try:
+            with self.mp_lock:
+                self.metric_producers.remove(metric_producer)
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+
+    def get_all(self):
+        """Get the set of all metric producers.
+
+        Get a copy of `metric_producers`. Prefer this method to using the
+        attribute directly to avoid other threads adding/removing producers
+        while you're reading it.
+
+        :rtype: set(:class: `MetricProducer`)
+        :return: A set of all metric producers at the time of the call.
+        """
+        with self.mp_lock:
+            mps_copy = set(self.metric_producers)
+        return mps_copy
diff --git a/opencensus/metrics/export/value.py b/opencensus/metrics/export/value.py
index 8ba68fd6c..68608bad2 100644
--- a/opencensus/metrics/export/value.py
+++ b/opencensus/metrics/export/value.py
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@ def __init__(self,
             raise ValueError("bucket_options must not be null")
         if bucket_options.type_ is None:
             if buckets is not None:
-                raise ValueError("buckets must be null if the distribution has"
-                                 "no histogram (i.e. bucket_options.type is "
-                                 "null)")
+                raise ValueError("buckets must be null if the distribution "
+                                 "has no histogram (i.e. bucket_options.type "
+                                 "is null)")
         else:
             if len(buckets) != len(bucket_options.type_.bounds) + 1:
                 # Note that this includes the implicit 0 and positive-infinity
diff --git a/opencensus/stats/aggregation_data.py b/opencensus/stats/aggregation_data.py
index c0d2cf7a2..5d435851f 100644
--- a/opencensus/stats/aggregation_data.py
+++ b/opencensus/stats/aggregation_data.py
@@ -288,7 +288,9 @@ def to_point(self, timestamp):
         This method creates a :class: `opencensus.metrics.export.point.Point`
         with a :class: `opencensus.metrics.export.value.ValueDistribution`
         value, and creates buckets and exemplars for that distribution from the
-        appropriate classes in the `metrics` package.
+        appropriate classes in the `metrics` package. If the distribution
+        doesn't have a histogram (i.e. `bounds` is empty) the converted point's
+        `buckets` attribute will be null.
 
         :type timestamp: :class: `datetime.datetime`
         :param timestamp: The time to report the point as having been recorded.
@@ -297,17 +299,22 @@ def to_point(self, timestamp):
         :return: a :class: `opencensus.metrics.export.value.ValueDistribution`
         -valued Point.
         """
-        buckets = [None] * len(self.counts_per_bucket)
-        for ii, count in enumerate(self.counts_per_bucket):
-            stat_ex = self.exemplars.get(ii, None)
-            if stat_ex is not None:
-                metric_ex = value.Exemplar(stat_ex.value, stat_ex.timestamp,
-                                           copy.copy(stat_ex.attachments))
-                buckets[ii] = value.Bucket(count, metric_ex)
-            else:
-                buckets[ii] = value.Bucket(count)
+        if self.bounds:
+            bucket_options = value.BucketOptions(value.Explicit(self.bounds))
+            buckets = [None] * len(self.counts_per_bucket)
+            for ii, count in enumerate(self.counts_per_bucket):
+                stat_ex = self.exemplars.get(ii) if self.exemplars else None
+                if stat_ex is not None:
+                    metric_ex = value.Exemplar(stat_ex.value,
+                                               stat_ex.timestamp,
+                                               copy.copy(stat_ex.attachments))
+                    buckets[ii] = value.Bucket(count, metric_ex)
+                else:
+                    buckets[ii] = value.Bucket(count)
 
-        bucket_options = value.BucketOptions(value.Explicit(self.bounds))
+        else:
+            bucket_options = value.BucketOptions()
+            buckets = None
         return point.Point(
             value.ValueDistribution(
                 count=self.count_data,
diff --git a/opencensus/stats/measure_to_view_map.py b/opencensus/stats/measure_to_view_map.py
index c06364179..5ae42c1ad 100644
--- a/opencensus/stats/measure_to_view_map.py
+++ b/opencensus/stats/measure_to_view_map.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import copy
 import logging
 
+from opencensus.stats import metric_utils
 from opencensus.stats import view_data as view_data_module
 
 
@@ -126,3 +127,21 @@ def export(self, view_datas):
         if len(self.exporters) > 0:
             for e in self.exporters:
                 e.export(view_datas)
+
+    def get_metrics(self, timestamp):
+        """Get a Metric for each registered view.
+
+        Convert each registered view's associated `ViewData` into a `Metric` to
+        be exported.
+
+        :type timestamp: :class: `datetime.datetime`
+        :param timestamp: The timestamp to use for metric conversions, usually
+        the current time.
+
+        :rtype: Iterator[:class: `opencensus.metrics.export.metric.Metric`]
+        """
+        for vdl in self._measure_to_view_data_list_map.values():
+            for vd in vdl:
+                metric = metric_utils.view_data_to_metric(vd, timestamp)
+                if metric is not None:
+                    yield metric
diff --git a/opencensus/stats/metric_utils.py b/opencensus/stats/metric_utils.py
index 205f97f31..ebd737cbb 100644
--- a/opencensus/stats/metric_utils.py
+++ b/opencensus/stats/metric_utils.py
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ def view_data_to_metric(view_data, timestamp):
     :rtype: :class: `opencensus.metrics.export.metric.Metric`
     :return: A converted Metric.
     """
+    if not view_data.tag_value_aggregation_data_map:
+        return None
+
     md = view_data.view.get_metric_descriptor()
 
     # TODO: implement gauges
diff --git a/opencensus/stats/stats.py b/opencensus/stats/stats.py
index c1509e3e4..a7cc49940 100644
--- a/opencensus/stats/stats.py
+++ b/opencensus/stats/stats.py
@@ -12,24 +12,29 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from opencensus.metrics.export.metric_producer import MetricProducer
 from opencensus.stats.stats_recorder import StatsRecorder
 from opencensus.stats.view_manager import ViewManager
 
 
-class Stats(object):
+class Stats(MetricProducer):
     """Stats defines a View Manager and a Stats Recorder in order for the
     collection of Stats
     """
+
     def __init__(self):
-        self._stats_recorder = StatsRecorder()
-        self._view_manager = ViewManager()
-
-    @property
-    def stats_recorder(self):
-        """the current stats recorder for Stats"""
-        return self._stats_recorder
-
-    @property
-    def view_manager(self):
-        """the current view manager for Stats"""
-        return self._view_manager
+        self.stats_recorder = StatsRecorder()
+        self.view_manager = ViewManager()
+
+    def get_metrics(self):
+        """Get a Metric for each of the view manager's registered views.
+
+        Convert each registered view's associated `ViewData` into a `Metric` to
+        be exported, using the current time for metric conversions.
+
+        :rtype: Iterator[:class: `opencensus.metrics.export.metric.Metric`]
+        """
+        return self.view_manager.measure_to_view_map.get_metrics(
+            datetime.now())
diff --git a/tests/unit/metrics/export/test_metric_producer.py b/tests/unit/metrics/export/test_metric_producer.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56a049718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/metrics/export/test_metric_producer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Copyright 2019, OpenCensus 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.
+
+try:
+    from mock import Mock
+except ImportError:
+    from unittest.mock import Mock
+
+import unittest
+
+from opencensus.metrics.export import metric_producer
+
+
+class TestMetricProducerManager(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_init(self):
+        mpm1 = metric_producer.MetricProducerManager()
+        self.assertEqual(mpm1.metric_producers, set())
+
+        mock_mp = Mock()
+        mpm2 = metric_producer.MetricProducerManager([mock_mp])
+        self.assertEqual(mpm2.metric_producers, set([mock_mp]))
+
+    def test_add_remove(self):
+        mpm = metric_producer.MetricProducerManager()
+        self.assertEqual(mpm.metric_producers, set())
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            mpm.add(None)
+        mock_mp = Mock()
+        mpm.add(mock_mp)
+        self.assertEqual(mpm.metric_producers, set([mock_mp]))
+        mpm.add(mock_mp)
+        self.assertEqual(mpm.metric_producers, set([mock_mp]))
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            mpm.remove(None)
+        another_mock_mp = Mock()
+        mpm.remove(another_mock_mp)
+        self.assertEqual(mpm.metric_producers, set([mock_mp]))
+        mpm.remove(mock_mp)
+        self.assertEqual(mpm.metric_producers, set())
+
+    def test_get_all(self):
+        mp1 = Mock()
+        mp2 = Mock()
+        mpm = metric_producer.MetricProducerManager([mp1, mp2])
+        got = mpm.get_all()
+        mpm.remove(mp1)
+        self.assertIn(mp1, got)
+        self.assertIn(mp2, got)
diff --git a/tests/unit/stats/test_aggregation_data.py b/tests/unit/stats/test_aggregation_data.py
index 477a62d06..9ddd21feb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/stats/test_aggregation_data.py
+++ b/tests/unit/stats/test_aggregation_data.py
@@ -555,3 +555,22 @@ def test_to_point(self):
             exemplars_equal(
                 ex_99,
                 converted_point.value.buckets[2].exemplar))
+
+    def test_to_point_no_histogram(self):
+        timestamp = datetime(1970, 1, 1)
+        dist_agg_data = aggregation_data_module.DistributionAggregationData(
+            mean_data=50,
+            count_data=99,
+            min_=1,
+            max_=99,
+            sum_of_sqd_deviations=80850.0,
+        )
+        converted_point = dist_agg_data.to_point(timestamp)
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(converted_point.value,
+                                   value.ValueDistribution))
+        self.assertEqual(converted_point.value.count, 99)
+        self.assertEqual(converted_point.value.sum, 4950)
+        self.assertEqual(converted_point.value.sum_of_squared_deviation,
+                         80850.0)
+        self.assertIsNone(converted_point.value.buckets)
+        self.assertIsNone(converted_point.value.bucket_options._type)
diff --git a/tests/unit/stats/test_stats.py b/tests/unit/stats/test_stats.py
index 796f8e91a..7eeae0c25 100644
--- a/tests/unit/stats/test_stats.py
+++ b/tests/unit/stats/test_stats.py
@@ -12,14 +12,63 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+try:
+    from mock import Mock
+except ImportError:
+    from unittest.mock import Mock
+
 import unittest
 
+from opencensus.metrics.export import metric_descriptor
+from opencensus.metrics.export import value
+from opencensus.stats import aggregation
+from opencensus.stats import measure
 from opencensus.stats import stats as stats_module
+from opencensus.stats import view
+from opencensus.tags import tag_map
 
 
 class TestStats(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_constructor(self):
+    def test_get_metrics(self):
+        """Test that Stats converts recorded values into metrics."""
+
         stats = stats_module.Stats()
 
-        self.assertEqual(stats._view_manager, stats.view_manager)
-        self.assertEqual(stats._stats_recorder, stats.stats_recorder)
+        # Check that metrics are empty before view registration
+        initial_metrics = list(stats.get_metrics())
+        self.assertEqual(initial_metrics, [])
+
+        mock_measure = Mock(spec=measure.MeasureFloat)
+
+        mock_md = Mock(spec=metric_descriptor.MetricDescriptor)
+        mock_md.type =\
+            metric_descriptor.MetricDescriptorType.CUMULATIVE_DISTRIBUTION
+
+        mock_view = Mock(spec=view.View)
+        mock_view.measure = mock_measure
+        mock_view.get_metric_descriptor.return_value = mock_md
+        mock_view.columns = ['k1']
+
+        stats.view_manager.measure_to_view_map.register_view(mock_view, Mock())
+
+        # Check that metrics are stil empty until we record
+        empty_metrics = list(stats.get_metrics())
+        self.assertEqual(empty_metrics, [])
+
+        mm = stats.stats_recorder.new_measurement_map()
+        mm._measurement_map = {mock_measure: 1.0}
+
+        mock_view.aggregation = aggregation.DistributionAggregation()
+
+        tm = tag_map.TagMap()
+        tm.insert('k1', 'v1')
+        mm.record(tm)
+
+        metrics = list(stats.get_metrics())
+        self.assertEqual(len(metrics), 1)
+        [metric] = metrics
+        self.assertEqual(len(metric.time_series), 1)
+        [ts] = metric.time_series
+        self.assertEqual(len(ts.points), 1)
+        [point] = ts.points
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(point.value, value.ValueDistribution))