diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 798bb8ac..419484ec 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -3,17 +3,16 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
-    python: "mambaforge-4.10"
+    python: "mambaforge-latest"
   jobs:
     post_checkout:
       - git fetch --unshallow || true
     pre_install:
       - git update-index --assume-unchanged .rtd-environment.yml docs/conf.py
     pre_build:
-      - parfive https://g-a36282.cd214.a567.data.globus.org/user_tools_tutorial_data/BKPLX_stokesI.tar https://g-a36282.cd214.a567.data.globus.org/user_tools_tutorial_data/AJQWW_single_mosaic.tar
-      - mkdir -p $HOME/dkist_data/BKPLX $HOME/dkist_data/AJQWW
-      - tar -xv -f BKPLX_stokesI.tar --directory $HOME/dkist_data/BKPLX
-      - tar -xv -f AJQWW_single_mosaic.tar --directory $HOME/dkist_data/AJQWW
+      # Note $DKIST_SAMPLE_DIR is set by RTD to ~/dkist_data
+      - python -c "from dkist.data.sample import download_all_sample_data; download_all_sample_data()"
+      - python -c "from dkist.data.sample import VISP_BKPLX; print(VISP_BKPLX)"
 
 conda:
   environment: .rtd-environment.yml
diff --git a/changelog/421.trivial.rst b/changelog/421.trivial.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43261b73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/421.trivial.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added two partial datasets to `dkist.data.sample` for documentation and testing.
diff --git a/dkist/__init__.py b/dkist/__init__.py
index afc2c99f..fb2a3a47 100644
--- a/dkist/__init__.py
+++ b/dkist/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError
 from importlib.metadata import version as _version
 
+import platformdirs as _platformdirs
+
 from .logger import setup_default_dkist_logger as _setup_log
+import dkist.config as _config
 
 log = _setup_log(__name__)
 
@@ -14,7 +17,7 @@
     __version__ = "unknown"
 
 
-__all__ = ["TiledDataset", "Dataset", "load_dataset", "system_info"]
+__all__ = ["TiledDataset", "Dataset", "load_dataset", "system_info", "conf"]
 
 
 def write_default_config(overwrite=False):
@@ -29,6 +32,19 @@ def write_default_config(overwrite=False):
     return _config.create_config_file("dkist", "dkist", overwrite=overwrite)
 
 
+class Conf(_config.ConfigNamespace):
+    """
+    Configuration Parameters for the `dkist` Package.
+    """
+    sample_data_directory = _config.ConfigItem(
+        _platformdirs.user_data_dir(appname="dkist"),
+        "Location to download sample data to."
+    )
+
+
+conf = Conf()
+
+
 # Do internal imports last (so logger etc is initialised)
 from dkist.dataset import Dataset, TiledDataset, load_dataset
 from dkist.utils.sysinfo import system_info
diff --git a/dkist/data/_sample.py b/dkist/data/_sample.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fce0d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dkist/data/_sample.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import os
+import tarfile
+from pathlib import Path
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
+
+from parfive import Downloader, Results
+
+from astropy.io import fits
+
+from dkist import conf
+
+VISP_HEADER = fits.Header.fromtextfile(Path(__file__).parent / "VISP_HEADER.hdr")
+_SAMPLE_DATASETS = {
+    "VISP_BKPLX": ("https://g-a36282.cd214.a567.data.globus.org/user_tools_tutorial_data/", "BKPLX_stokesI.tar"),
+    "VBI_AJQWW": ("https://g-a36282.cd214.a567.data.globus.org/user_tools_tutorial_data/", "AJQWW_single_mosaic.tar"),
+}
+
+
+def _download_and_extract_sample_data(names, overwrite, path):
+    """
+    Downloads a list of files.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    names : list[str]
+        The names of the datasets to download and extract
+    overwrite : bool
+        Will overwrite a file on disk if True.
+    path : `pathlib.Path`
+        The sample data path to save the tar files
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    `parfive.Results`
+        Download results. Will behave like a list of files.
+    """
+    dl = Downloader(overwrite=overwrite, progress=True)
+
+    existing_files = []
+
+    for name in names:
+        base_url, filename = _SAMPLE_DATASETS[name]
+        if (filepath := path / filename).exists():
+            existing_files.append(filepath)
+            continue
+
+        url = urljoin(base_url, filename)
+        dl.enqueue_file(url, path=path)
+
+    results = Results()
+    if dl.queued_downloads:
+        results = dl.download()
+    results += existing_files
+
+    file_folder = {filename: name for name, (_, filename) in _SAMPLE_DATASETS.items() if name in names}
+
+    for i, tarpath in enumerate(results):
+        output_path = path / file_folder[Path(tarpath).name]
+        with tarfile.open(tarpath, "r:*") as tar:
+            tar.extractall(path=output_path, filter="data")
+        results[i] = output_path
+
+    return results
+
+
+def _get_sample_datasets(dataset_names, no_download=False, force_download=False):
+    """
+    Returns a list of disk locations corresponding to a list of filenames for
+    sample data, downloading the sample data files as necessary.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    no_download : `bool`
+        If ``True``, do not download any files, even if they are not present.
+        Default is ``False``.
+    force_download : `bool`
+        If ``True``, download all files, and overwrite any existing ones.
+        Default is ``False``.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    `list` of `pathlib.Path`
+        List of disk locations corresponding to the list of filenames.  An entry
+        will be ``None`` if ``no_download == True`` and the file is not present.
+
+    Raises
+    ------
+    RuntimeError
+        Raised if any of the files cannot be downloaded from any of the mirrors.
+    """
+    sampledata_dir = Path(conf.sample_data_directory)
+    if env_override := os.environ.get("DKIST_SAMPLE_DIR"):
+        # For some reason, RTD adds ' around the path in the env var.
+        sampledata_dir = Path(env_override.strip("'"))
+    sampledata_dir = sampledata_dir.expanduser()
+
+    datasets = dict((k,v) for k, v in _SAMPLE_DATASETS.items() if k in dataset_names)  # noqa: C402
+    download_paths = [sampledata_dir / fn for _, fn in datasets.values()]
+
+    if no_download:
+        return [sampledata_dir / name for name in datasets.keys() if (sampledata_dir / name).exists()]
+
+    results = _download_and_extract_sample_data(datasets.keys(), overwrite=force_download, path=sampledata_dir)
+
+    if results.errors:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"{len(results.errors)} sample data files failed "
+            "to download, the first error is above.") from results.errors[0].exception
+
+    return list(results)
diff --git a/dkist/data/sample.py b/dkist/data/sample.py
index 74b9dab2..efcf4f61 100644
--- a/dkist/data/sample.py
+++ b/dkist/data/sample.py
@@ -1,9 +1,27 @@
-import pathlib
+"""
+This module provides some (partial) sample datasets.
+"""
 
-from astropy.io import fits
+from ._sample import _SAMPLE_DATASETS, VISP_HEADER, _get_sample_datasets
 
-__all__ = ["VISP_HEADER"]
+__all__ = ["download_all_sample_data", *sorted(_SAMPLE_DATASETS.keys()), "VISP_HEADER"]
 
-_data_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
 
-VISP_HEADER = fits.Header.fromtextfile(_data_dir / "VISP_HEADER.hdr")
+# See PEP 562 (https://peps.python.org/pep-0562/) for module-level __dir__()
+def __dir__():
+    return __all__
+
+
+# See PEP 562 (https://peps.python.org/pep-0562/) for module-level __getattr__()
+def __getattr__(name):
+    if name in _SAMPLE_DATASETS:
+        return _get_sample_datasets(name)[0]
+
+    raise AttributeError(f"module '{__name__}' has no attribute '{name}'")
+
+
+def download_all_sample_data():
+    """
+    Download all sample data at once that has not already been downloaded.
+    """
+    return _get_sample_datasets(_SAMPLE_DATASETS.keys())
diff --git a/dkist/data/tests/__init__.py b/dkist/data/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/dkist/data/tests/test_sample.py b/dkist/data/tests/test_sample.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10ba7046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dkist/data/tests/test_sample.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import os
+from unittest.mock import call
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def tmp_sample_dir(tmp_path):
+    old_path = os.environ.get("DKIST_SAMPLE_DIR", "")
+    os.environ["DKIST_SAMPLE_DIR"] = str(tmp_path)
+    yield tmp_path
+    os.environ["DKIST_SAMPLE_DIR"] = old_path
+
+
+def test_module_dir():
+    import dkist.data.sample
+
+    assert "VBI_AJQWW" in dir(dkist.data.sample)
+    assert "VISP_BKPLX" in dir(dkist.data.sample)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("attrname", ["VBI_AJQWW", "VISP_BKPLX"])
+def test_module_getattr(mocker, attrname):
+    mock = mocker.patch("dkist.data.sample._get_sample_datasets")
+    import dkist.data.sample
+
+    getattr(dkist.data.sample, attrname)
+
+    mock.assert_has_calls([call(attrname), call().__getitem__(0)])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.internet_off
+def test_fail(tmp_sample_dir):
+    """
+    No remote data means this test should fail.
+    """
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="1 sample data files failed"):
+        from dkist.data.sample import VISP_BKPLX  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/dkist/tests/test_benchmarks.py b/dkist/tests/test_benchmarks.py
index 11dfbfbe..f8a20228 100644
--- a/dkist/tests/test_benchmarks.py
+++ b/dkist/tests/test_benchmarks.py
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ def test_pixel_to_world(benchmark, visp_dataset_no_headers):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("axes", [
     ["y", None, None, "x"],
 ])
-def test_plot_dataset(benchmark, axes, visp_dataset_no_headers):
+def test_plot_dataset(benchmark, axes, visp_dataset_no_headers, tmp_path):
     @benchmark
     def plot_and_save_fig(ds=visp_dataset_no_headers, axes=axes):
         ds.plot(plot_axes=axes)
-        plt.savefig("tmpplot")
+        plt.savefig(tmp_path / "tmpplot.png")
         plt.close()
 
 
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/2_search_and_asdf_download.md b/docs/tutorial/2_search_and_asdf_download.md
index 444fca57..acbb6fcd 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/2_search_and_asdf_download.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/2_search_and_asdf_download.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Note that you can also pass more than one result to be downloaded.
 A simple example of both of these is:
 
 ```{code-cell} python
-Fido.fetch(visp[:3], path="~/dkist_data/{instrument}/{dataset_id}/")
+Fido.fetch(visp[:3], path="~/dkist_data/{instrument}_{dataset_id}/")
 ```
 
 This will put each of our ASDF files in a directory named with the corresponding Dataset ID and Instrument.
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/3_the_dataset.md b/docs/tutorial/3_the_dataset.md
index 1e5900da..f042152d 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/3_the_dataset.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/3_the_dataset.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ from sunpy.net import Fido, attrs as a
 
 ```{code-cell} ipython3
 res = Fido.search(a.dkist.Dataset('BKPLX'))
-files = Fido.fetch(res, path="~/dkist_data/{dataset_id}")
+files = Fido.fetch(res, path="~/dkist_data/{instrument}_{dataset_id}")
 files
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/4_more_dataset.md b/docs/tutorial/4_more_dataset.md
index 27aacefb..8df494fb 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/4_more_dataset.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/4_more_dataset.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import dkist
 import dkist.net
 
 res = Fido.search(a.dkist.Dataset('BKPLX'))
-files = Fido.fetch(res, path="~/dkist_data/{dataset_id}")
+files = Fido.fetch(res, path="~/dkist_data/{instrument}_{dataset_id}")
 ds = dkist.load_dataset(files)
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/5_downloading_data.md b/docs/tutorial/5_downloading_data.md
index fd6066e3..02caf0a7 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/5_downloading_data.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/5_downloading_data.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import dkist.net
 from sunpy.net import Fido, attrs as a
 
 res = Fido.search(a.dkist.Dataset('BKPLX'))
-files = Fido.fetch(res, path="~/dkist_data/{dataset_id}")
+files = Fido.fetch(res, path="~/dkist_data/{instrument}_{dataset_id}")
 ds = dkist.load_dataset(files)
 ```
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ So for example:
 ```{code-cell} ipython3
 :tags: [skip-execution]
 
-ds[0, 0].files.download(path="~/dkist_data/{dataset_id}")
+ds[0, 0].files.download(path="~/dkist_data/{instrument}_{dataset_id}")
 ```
 
 would save the file to `~/dkist_data/BKPLX/VISP_2023_10_16T18_21_47_508_00630200_I_BKPLX_L1.fits`.
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/6_visualization.md b/docs/tutorial/6_visualization.md
index ea0d26b1..92517a64 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/6_visualization.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/6_visualization.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import dkist.net
 
 ```{code-cell} ipython3
 res = Fido.search(a.dkist.Dataset("BKPLX"))
-asdf_file = Fido.fetch(res, path="~/dkist_data/{dataset_id}")
+asdf_file = Fido.fetch(res, path="~/dkist_data/{instrument}_{dataset_id}")
 
 ds = dkist.load_dataset(asdf_file)
 ```
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ For the next few examples we'll go back to using some VBI data.
 
 ```{code-cell} ipython3
 res = Fido.search(a.dkist.Dataset("AJQWW"))
-asdf_file = Fido.fetch(res, path="~/dkist_data/{dataset_id}")
+asdf_file = Fido.fetch(res, path="~/dkist_data/{instrument}_{dataset_id}")
 
 # We extract the top left tile of the VBI mosaic
 ds = dkist.load_dataset(asdf_file)[0, 0]