diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleMetricExporter.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleMetricExporter.cs
index 63a76846e55..064c1dad14a 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleMetricExporter.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console/ConsoleMetricExporter.cs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public override ExportResult Export(in Batch<Metric> batch)
 
                         bool isFirstIteration = true;
                         double previousExplicitBound = default;
-                        foreach (var histogramMeasurement in metricPoint.HistogramBuckets)
+                        foreach (var histogramMeasurement in metricPoint.GetHistogramBuckets())
                         {
                             if (isFirstIteration)
                             {
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/Implementation/MetricItemExtensions.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/Implementation/MetricItemExtensions.cs
index 28c66974db8..e85cdcda231 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/Implementation/MetricItemExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/Implementation/MetricItemExtensions.cs
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ internal static OtlpMetrics.Metric ToOtlpMetric(this Metric metric)
                             dataPoint.Count = (ulong)metricPoint.LongValue;
                             dataPoint.Sum = metricPoint.DoubleValue;
 
-                            foreach (var histogramMeasurement in metricPoint.HistogramBuckets)
+                            foreach (var histogramMeasurement in metricPoint.GetHistogramBuckets())
                             {
                                 dataPoint.BucketCounts.Add((ulong)histogramMeasurement.BucketCount);
                                 if (histogramMeasurement.ExplicitBound != double.PositiveInfinity)
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus/Implementation/PrometheusSerializerExt.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus/Implementation/PrometheusSerializerExt.cs
index c7e07742791..ea554caa82b 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus/Implementation/PrometheusSerializerExt.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Prometheus/Implementation/PrometheusSerializerExt.cs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public static int WriteMetric(byte[] buffer, int cursor, Metric metric)
                     var timestamp = metricPoint.EndTime.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds();
 
                     long totalCount = 0;
-                    foreach (var histogramMeasurement in metricPoint.HistogramBuckets)
+                    foreach (var histogramMeasurement in metricPoint.GetHistogramBuckets())
                     {
                         totalCount += histogramMeasurement.BucketCount;
 
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net461/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net461/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
index 6971a01db58..abde8e7515a 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net461/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/net461/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ OpenTelemetry.Metrics.HistogramBuckets.Enumerator.Current.get -> OpenTelemetry.M
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.HistogramBuckets.Enumerator.Enumerator() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.HistogramBuckets.Enumerator.MoveNext() -> bool
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.HistogramBuckets.GetEnumerator() -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.HistogramBuckets.Enumerator
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPoint.HistogramBuckets.get -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.HistogramBuckets
+OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPoint.GetHistogramBuckets() -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.HistogramBuckets
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPointsAccessor
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPointsAccessor.MetricPointsAccessor() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPointsAccessor.Dispose() -> void
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
index 6971a01db58..abde8e7515a 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/.publicApi/netstandard2.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ OpenTelemetry.Metrics.HistogramBuckets.Enumerator.Current.get -> OpenTelemetry.M
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.HistogramBuckets.Enumerator.Enumerator() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.HistogramBuckets.Enumerator.MoveNext() -> bool
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.HistogramBuckets.GetEnumerator() -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.HistogramBuckets.Enumerator
-OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPoint.HistogramBuckets.get -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.HistogramBuckets
+OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPoint.GetHistogramBuckets() -> OpenTelemetry.Metrics.HistogramBuckets
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPointsAccessor
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPointsAccessor.MetricPointsAccessor() -> void
 OpenTelemetry.Metrics.MetricPointsAccessor.Dispose() -> void
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
index 6771c21cf9a..e9cace8ad15 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
   aggregation is not implemented yet.
   ([#2660](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/2660))
 
-* Renamed `HistogramMeasurements` to `HistogramBuckets` and added an enumerator
-  of type `HistogramBucket` for enumerating `BucketCounts` and `ExplicitBounds`.
-  Removed `GetBucketCounts` and `GetExplicitBounds` methods from `MetricPoint`.
+* Removed the public property `HistogramMeasurements` and added a public method
+  `GetHistogramBuckets` instead. Renamed the class `HistogramMeasurements` to
+  `HistogramBuckets` and added an enumerator of type `HistogramBucket` for
+  enumerating `BucketCounts` and `ExplicitBounds`. Removed `GetBucketCounts` and
+  `GetExplicitBounds` methods from `MetricPoint`.
   ([#2664](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/2664))
 
 ## 1.2.0-beta2
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricPoint.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricPoint.cs
index 4dc0a5ab9dc..2e696a3bb8e 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricPoint.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricPoint.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Metrics
     public struct MetricPoint
     {
         private readonly AggregationType aggType;
+        private readonly HistogramBuckets histogramBuckets;
         private long longVal;
         private long lastLongSum;
         private double doubleVal;
@@ -51,15 +52,15 @@ internal MetricPoint(
 
             if (this.aggType == AggregationType.Histogram)
             {
-                this.HistogramBuckets = new HistogramBuckets(histogramBounds);
+                this.histogramBuckets = new HistogramBuckets(histogramBounds);
             }
             else if (this.aggType == AggregationType.HistogramSumCount)
             {
-                this.HistogramBuckets = new HistogramBuckets(null);
+                this.histogramBuckets = new HistogramBuckets(null);
             }
             else
             {
-                this.HistogramBuckets = null;
+                this.histogramBuckets = null;
             }
         }
 
@@ -76,15 +77,13 @@ internal MetricPoint(
 
         public double DoubleValue { get; internal set; }
 
-        public readonly HistogramBuckets HistogramBuckets { get; }
-
         internal MetricPointStatus MetricPointStatus { get; private set; }
 
         public long GetHistogramCount()
         {
             if (this.aggType == AggregationType.Histogram || this.aggType == AggregationType.HistogramSumCount)
             {
-                return this.HistogramBuckets.Count;
+                return this.histogramBuckets.Count;
             }
             else
             {
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ public double GetHistogramSum()
         {
             if (this.aggType == AggregationType.Histogram || this.aggType == AggregationType.HistogramSumCount)
             {
-                return this.HistogramBuckets.Sum;
+                return this.histogramBuckets.Sum;
             }
             else
             {
@@ -104,6 +103,18 @@ public double GetHistogramSum()
             }
         }
 
+        public HistogramBuckets GetHistogramBuckets()
+        {
+            if (this.aggType == AggregationType.Histogram || this.aggType == AggregationType.HistogramSumCount)
+            {
+                return this.histogramBuckets;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new NotSupportedException($"{nameof(this.GetHistogramBuckets)} is not supported for this metric type.");
+            }
+        }
+
         internal void Update(long number)
         {
             switch (this.aggType)
@@ -179,20 +190,20 @@ internal void Update(double number)
                 case AggregationType.Histogram:
                     {
                         int i;
-                        for (i = 0; i < this.HistogramBuckets.ExplicitBounds.Length; i++)
+                        for (i = 0; i < this.histogramBuckets.ExplicitBounds.Length; i++)
                         {
                             // Upper bound is inclusive
-                            if (number <= this.HistogramBuckets.ExplicitBounds[i])
+                            if (number <= this.histogramBuckets.ExplicitBounds[i])
                             {
                                 break;
                             }
                         }
 
-                        lock (this.HistogramBuckets.LockObject)
+                        lock (this.histogramBuckets.LockObject)
                         {
-                            this.HistogramBuckets.CountVal++;
-                            this.HistogramBuckets.SumVal += number;
-                            this.HistogramBuckets.BucketCounts[i]++;
+                            this.histogramBuckets.CountVal++;
+                            this.histogramBuckets.SumVal += number;
+                            this.histogramBuckets.BucketCounts[i]++;
                         }
 
                         break;
@@ -200,10 +211,10 @@ internal void Update(double number)
 
                 case AggregationType.HistogramSumCount:
                     {
-                        lock (this.HistogramBuckets.LockObject)
+                        lock (this.histogramBuckets.LockObject)
                         {
-                            this.HistogramBuckets.CountVal++;
-                            this.HistogramBuckets.SumVal += number;
+                            this.histogramBuckets.CountVal++;
+                            this.histogramBuckets.SumVal += number;
                         }
 
                         break;
@@ -325,22 +336,22 @@ internal void TakeSnapshot(bool outputDelta)
 
                 case AggregationType.Histogram:
                     {
-                        lock (this.HistogramBuckets.LockObject)
+                        lock (this.histogramBuckets.LockObject)
                         {
-                            this.HistogramBuckets.Count = this.HistogramBuckets.CountVal;
-                            this.HistogramBuckets.Sum = this.HistogramBuckets.SumVal;
+                            this.histogramBuckets.Count = this.histogramBuckets.CountVal;
+                            this.histogramBuckets.Sum = this.histogramBuckets.SumVal;
                             if (outputDelta)
                             {
-                                this.HistogramBuckets.CountVal = 0;
-                                this.HistogramBuckets.SumVal = 0;
+                                this.histogramBuckets.CountVal = 0;
+                                this.histogramBuckets.SumVal = 0;
                             }
 
-                            for (int i = 0; i < this.HistogramBuckets.BucketCounts.Length; i++)
+                            for (int i = 0; i < this.histogramBuckets.BucketCounts.Length; i++)
                             {
-                                this.HistogramBuckets.AggregatedBucketCounts[i] = this.HistogramBuckets.BucketCounts[i];
+                                this.histogramBuckets.AggregatedBucketCounts[i] = this.histogramBuckets.BucketCounts[i];
                                 if (outputDelta)
                                 {
-                                    this.HistogramBuckets.BucketCounts[i] = 0;
+                                    this.histogramBuckets.BucketCounts[i] = 0;
                                 }
                             }
 
@@ -352,14 +363,14 @@ internal void TakeSnapshot(bool outputDelta)
 
                 case AggregationType.HistogramSumCount:
                     {
-                        lock (this.HistogramBuckets.LockObject)
+                        lock (this.histogramBuckets.LockObject)
                         {
-                            this.HistogramBuckets.Count = this.HistogramBuckets.CountVal;
-                            this.HistogramBuckets.Sum = this.HistogramBuckets.SumVal;
+                            this.histogramBuckets.Count = this.histogramBuckets.CountVal;
+                            this.histogramBuckets.Sum = this.histogramBuckets.SumVal;
                             if (outputDelta)
                             {
-                                this.HistogramBuckets.CountVal = 0;
-                                this.HistogramBuckets.SumVal = 0;
+                                this.histogramBuckets.CountVal = 0;
+                                this.histogramBuckets.SumVal = 0;
                             }
 
                             this.MetricPointStatus = MetricPointStatus.NoCollectPending;
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/AggregatorTest.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/AggregatorTest.cs
index a08904be899..8a276f5d618 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/AggregatorTest.cs
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/AggregatorTest.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public void HistogramDistributeToAllBucketsDefault()
             Assert.Equal(22, count);
 
             int actualCount = 0;
-            foreach (var histogramMeasurement in histogramPoint.HistogramBuckets)
+            foreach (var histogramMeasurement in histogramPoint.GetHistogramBuckets())
             {
                 Assert.Equal(2, histogramMeasurement.BucketCount);
                 actualCount++;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public void HistogramDistributeToAllBucketsCustom()
             int index = 0;
             int actualCount = 0;
             var expectedBucketCounts = new long[] { 5, 2, 0 };
-            foreach (var histogramMeasurement in histogramPoint.HistogramBuckets)
+            foreach (var histogramMeasurement in histogramPoint.GetHistogramBuckets())
             {
                 Assert.Equal(expectedBucketCounts[index], histogramMeasurement.BucketCount);
                 index++;
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public void HistogramWithOnlySumCount()
             Assert.Equal(7, count);
 
             // There should be no enumeration of BucketCounts and ExplicitBounds for HistogramSumCount
-            var enumerator = histogramPoint.HistogramBuckets.GetEnumerator();
+            var enumerator = histogramPoint.GetHistogramBuckets().GetEnumerator();
             Assert.False(enumerator.MoveNext());
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/MetricViewTests.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/MetricViewTests.cs
index 152b242c4e5..d3e356072bc 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/MetricViewTests.cs
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/MetricViewTests.cs
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ public void ViewToProduceCustomHistogramBound()
             int index = 0;
             int actualCount = 0;
             var expectedBucketCounts = new long[] { 2, 1, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
-            foreach (var histogramMeasurement in histogramPoint.HistogramBuckets)
+            foreach (var histogramMeasurement in histogramPoint.GetHistogramBuckets())
             {
                 Assert.Equal(expectedBucketCounts[index], histogramMeasurement.BucketCount);
                 index++;
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ public void ViewToProduceCustomHistogramBound()
             index = 0;
             actualCount = 0;
             expectedBucketCounts = new long[] { 5, 2, 0 };
-            foreach (var histogramMeasurement in histogramPoint.HistogramBuckets)
+            foreach (var histogramMeasurement in histogramPoint.GetHistogramBuckets())
             {
                 Assert.Equal(expectedBucketCounts[index], histogramMeasurement.BucketCount);
                 index++;