diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx
index 921c67ba9cb..e177fcf9fa2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { BrowseFilters } from './components/BrowseFilters';
 import { BrowseView } from './components/BrowseView';
 import CreateNewButton from './components/CreateNewButton';
 import { FolderActionsButton } from './components/FolderActionsButton';
+import { RecentlyViewedDashboards } from './components/RecentlyViewedDashboards';
 import { SearchView } from './components/SearchView';
 import { getFolderPermissions } from './permissions';
 import { useHasSelection } from './state/hooks';
@@ -178,6 +179,8 @@ const BrowseDashboardsPage = memo(({ queryParams }: { queryParams: Record<string
     >
       <Page.Contents className={styles.pageContents}>
         <ProvisionedFolderPreviewBanner queryParams={queryParams} />
+        {/* only show recently viewed dashboards when in root */}
+        {!folderUID && <RecentlyViewedDashboards />}
         <div>
           <FilterInput
             placeholder={getSearchPlaceholder(searchState.includePanels)}
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/RecentlyViewedDashboards.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/RecentlyViewedDashboards.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..29a4dce6557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/RecentlyViewedDashboards.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { useAsync } from 'react-use';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { t, Trans } from '@grafana/i18n';
+import { evaluateBooleanFlag } from '@grafana/runtime/internal';
+import { CollapsableSection, Link, Spinner, Text, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { getRecentlyViewedDashboards } from './utils';
+
+const MAX_RECENT = 5;
+
+export function RecentlyViewedDashboards() {
+  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+
+  const { value: recentDashboards = [], loading } = useAsync(async () => {
+    if (!evaluateBooleanFlag('recentlyViewedDashboards', false)) {
+      return [];
+    }
+    return getRecentlyViewedDashboards(MAX_RECENT);
+  }, []);
+
+  if (!evaluateBooleanFlag('recentlyViewedDashboards', false)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <CollapsableSection
+      headerDataTestId="browseDashboardsRecentlyViewedTitle"
+      label={
+        <Text variant="h5" element="h3">
+          <Trans i18nKey="browse-dashboards.recently-viewed.title">Recently viewed</Trans>
+        </Text>
+      }
+      isOpen={true}
+      className={styles.title}
+      contentClassName={styles.content}
+    >
+      {/* placeholder */}
+      {loading && <Spinner />}
+      {/* TODO: Better empty state https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/114804 */}
+      {!loading && recentDashboards.length === 0 && (
+        <Text>{t('browse-dashboards.recently-viewed.empty', 'Nothing viewed yet')}</Text>
+      )}
+
+      {/* TODO: implement actual card content */}
+      {!loading && recentDashboards.length > 0 && (
+        <>
+          {recentDashboards.map((dash) => (
+            <div key={dash.uid}>
+              <Link href={dash.url}>{dash.name}</Link>
+            </div>
+          ))}
+        </>
+      )}
+    </CollapsableSection>
+  );
+}
+
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
+  const accent = theme.visualization.getColorByName('purple'); // or your own hex
+
+  return {
+    title: css({
+      background: `linear-gradient(90deg, ${accent} 0%, #e478eaff 100%)`,
+      WebkitTextFillColor: 'transparent',
+      backgroundClip: 'text',
+      color: 'transparent',
+      '& button svg': {
+        color: accent,
+      },
+    }),
+    content: css({
+      paddingTop: theme.spacing(0),
+    }),
+  };
+};
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/utils.ts b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/utils.ts
index a6c97e4788f..e1a3d5b5a02 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
+import impressionSrv from 'app/core/services/impression_srv';
 import { ResourceRef } from 'app/features/provisioning/components/BulkActions/useBulkActionJob';
+import { getGrafanaSearcher } from 'app/features/search/service/searcher';
+import { DashboardQueryResult } from 'app/features/search/service/types';
 
 import { DashboardTreeSelection, DashboardViewItemWithUIItems, BrowseDashboardsPermissions } from '../types';
 
@@ -60,3 +63,36 @@ export function canSelectItems(permissions: BrowseDashboardsPermissions) {
   const canSelectDashboards = canEditDashboards || canDeleteDashboards;
   return Boolean(canSelectFolders || canSelectDashboards);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Returns dashboard search results ordered the same way the user opened them.
+ */
+export async function getRecentlyViewedDashboards(maxItems = 5): Promise<DashboardQueryResult[]> {
+  try {
+    const recentlyOpened = (await impressionSrv.getDashboardOpened()).slice(0, maxItems);
+    if (!recentlyOpened.length) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    const searchResults = await getGrafanaSearcher().search({
+      kind: ['dashboard'],
+      limit: recentlyOpened.length,
+      uid: recentlyOpened,
+    });
+
+    const dashboards = searchResults.view.toArray();
+    // Keep dashboards in the same order the user opened them.
+    // When a UID is missing from the search response
+    // push it to the end instead of letting indexOf return -1
+    const order = (uid: string) => {
+      const idx = recentlyOpened.indexOf(uid);
+      return idx === -1 ? recentlyOpened.length : idx;
+    };
+
+    dashboards.sort((a, b) => order(a.uid) - order(b.uid));
+    return dashboards;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Failed to load recently viewed dashboards', error);
+    return [];
+  }
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/commandPalette/actions/dashboardActions.ts b/public/app/features/commandPalette/actions/dashboardActions.ts
index 70a62e57295..ac3e8ce83dd 100644
--- a/public/app/features/commandPalette/actions/dashboardActions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/commandPalette/actions/dashboardActions.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
-import impressionSrv from 'app/core/services/impression_srv';
+import { getRecentlyViewedDashboards } from 'app/features/browse-dashboards/components/utils';
 import { getGrafanaSearcher } from 'app/features/search/service/searcher';
 
 import { CommandPaletteAction } from '../types';
@@ -20,20 +20,7 @@ export async function getRecentDashboardActions(): Promise<CommandPaletteAction[
     return [];
   }
 
-  const recentUids = (await impressionSrv.getDashboardOpened()).slice(0, MAX_RECENT_DASHBOARDS);
-  const resultsDataFrame = await getGrafanaSearcher().search({
-    kind: ['dashboard'],
-    limit: MAX_RECENT_DASHBOARDS,
-    uid: recentUids,
-  });
-
-  // Search results are alphabetical, so reorder them according to recently viewed
-  const recentResults = resultsDataFrame.view.toArray();
-  recentResults.sort((resultA, resultB) => {
-    const orderA = recentUids.indexOf(resultA.uid);
-    const orderB = recentUids.indexOf(resultB.uid);
-    return orderA - orderB;
-  });
+  const recentResults = await getRecentlyViewedDashboards(MAX_RECENT_DASHBOARDS);
 
   const recentDashboardActions: CommandPaletteAction[] = recentResults.map((item) => {
     const { url, name } = item; // items are backed by DataFrameView, so must hold the url in a closure
diff --git a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
index 9d9ec201d18..167f3714495 100644
--- a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
@@ -3707,6 +3707,10 @@
       "clear": "Clear search and filters",
       "text": "No results found for your query"
     },
+    "recently-viewed": {
+      "empty": "Nothing viewed yet",
+      "title": "Recently viewed"
+    },
     "restore": {
       "all-failed_one": "Failed to restore {{count}} dashboard",
       "all-failed_other": "Failed to restore {{count}} dashboards",