diff --git a/concepts/__init__.py b/concepts/__init__.py
index a5472e5..1cd7cd2 100644
--- a/concepts/__init__.py
+++ b/concepts/__init__.py
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
 from ._example import EXAMPLE
 from .contexts import Context
 from .definitions import Definition
+from .examples import load_dataset
 
 __all__ = ['EXAMPLE',
            'Context', 'Definition', 'Shape',
-           'load', 'load_cxt', 'load_csv',
+           'load', 'load_cxt', 'load_csv', load_dataset,
            'make_context']
 
 __title__ = 'concepts'
diff --git a/concepts/examples.py b/concepts/examples.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac281e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/concepts/examples.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+"""Loading examplary formal contexts."""
+
+import typing
+from urllib.request import urlopen
+
+from .contexts import Context
+
+__all__ = ['load_dataset']
+
+DATASET_SOURCE = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fcatools/contexts/main/contexts"
+
+
+# inspired by https://github.com/mwaskom/seaborn/blob/master/seaborn/utils.py#L524
+def load_dataset(name: str, *, data_src: typing.Optional[str] = DATASET_SOURCE,
+                 encoding: typing.Optional[str] = 'utf-8'):
+    """Load an example formal context from the online repository (requires internet).
+
+    Args:
+        name (str):
+            Name of the dataset (``{name}.cxt`` on
+            https://github.com/fcatools/contexts/tree/main/contexts).
+        data_src (str, optional):
+            Base URL to the repository to download the dataset.
+        encoding (str, optional):
+            Encoding of the file (``'utf-8'``, ``'latin1'``, ``'ascii'``, ...).
+
+    Returns:
+        Context: New :class:`.Context` instance.
+
+    Example:
+        >>> import concepts
+        >>> concepts.load_dataset('livingbeings_en')
+        <Context object mapping 8 objects to 9 properties [e32693ba] at 0x...>
+    """
+
+    url = f"{data_src}/{name}.cxt"
+
+    # TODO: implement caching here?
+
+    with urlopen(url) as data:
+        return Context.fromstring(data.read().decode(encoding), 'cxt')
diff --git a/tests/test_examples.py b/tests/test_examples.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37c854f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_examples.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import concepts
+
+
+def test_load_dataset():
+    context = concepts.load_dataset('livingbeings_en')
+
+    assert len(context.objects) == 8
+    assert len(context.properties) == 9