diff --git a/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/pytiledbsoma.cc b/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/pytiledbsoma.cc
index 2936478d7d..3bc48fb3ca 100644
--- a/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/pytiledbsoma.cc
+++ b/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/pytiledbsoma.cc
@@ -693,6 +693,12 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(pytiledbsoma, m) {
 
         .def_property_readonly("shape", &SOMAArray::shape)
 
+        .def_property_readonly("uri", &SOMAArray::uri)
+
+        .def_property_readonly("column_names", &SOMAArray::column_names)
+
+        .def_property_readonly("result_order", &SOMAArray::result_order)
+
         .def("get_enum", get_enum)
 
         .def("get_enum_is_ordered", get_enum_is_ordered)
diff --git a/libtiledbsoma/src/soma/soma_array.h b/libtiledbsoma/src/soma/soma_array.h
index 46d0367eaf..a18c9fdbe4 100644
--- a/libtiledbsoma/src/soma/soma_array.h
+++ b/libtiledbsoma/src/soma/soma_array.h
@@ -354,6 +354,15 @@ class SOMAArray {
         return mq_->column_names();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Returns the result order set by the query.
+     *
+     * @return ResultOrder
+     */
+    ResultOrder result_order() {
+        return result_order_;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @brief Read the next chunk of results from the query. If all results
      * have already been read, std::nullopt is returned.
@@ -660,4 +669,4 @@ class SOMAArray {
 
 }  // namespace tiledbsoma
 
-#endif  // SOMA_ARRAY
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif  // SOMA_ARRAY
diff --git a/libtiledbsoma/test/test_soma_array.py b/libtiledbsoma/test/test_soma_array.py
index 76650435e4..4139c1cf3b 100644
--- a/libtiledbsoma/test/test_soma_array.py
+++ b/libtiledbsoma/test/test_soma_array.py
@@ -15,6 +15,30 @@
     clib.config_logging("debug")
 
 
+def test_soma_array_basic_getters():
+    name = "obs"
+    uri = os.path.join(SOMA_URI, name)
+    column_names = [
+        "soma_joinid",
+        "obs_id",
+        "n_genes",
+        "percent_mito",
+        "n_counts",
+        "louvain",
+        "is_b_cell",
+    ]
+    result_order = clib.ResultOrder.colmajor
+
+    sr = clib.SOMAArray(
+        uri=uri, name=name, column_names=column_names, result_order=result_order
+    )
+
+    assert sr.uri == uri
+    assert sr.nnz() == 2638
+    assert sr.result_order == result_order
+    assert sr.column_names == column_names
+
+
 def test_soma_array_obs():
     """Read all values from obs array into an arrow table."""
 
@@ -225,16 +249,6 @@ def test_soma_array_column_names():
     assert arrow_table.num_columns == 2
 
 
-def test_nnz():
-    name = "obs"
-    uri = os.path.join(SOMA_URI, name)
-    sr = clib.SOMAArray(uri)
-
-    total_cell_count = sr.nnz()
-
-    assert total_cell_count == 2638
-
-
 def test_soma_array_reset():
     """Submit a query with a SOMAArray object, reset the SOMAArray, and submit another query."""