diff --git a/frontend/src/mount.tsx b/frontend/src/mount.tsx
index e836e07b2d6..ed495f278b3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/mount.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/mount.tsx
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ import {
 import { Logger } from "@/utils/Logger";
 import { ErrorBoundary } from "./components/editor/boundary/ErrorBoundary";
 import { notebookAtom } from "./core/cells/cells";
+import type { UIElementId } from "./core/cells/ids";
 import { notebookStateFromSession } from "./core/cells/session";
 import {
   parseAppConfig,
   parseConfigOverrides,
   parseUserConfig,
 } from "./core/config/config-schema";
+import { UI_ELEMENT_REGISTRY } from "./core/dom/uiregistry";
 import { MarimoApp, preloadPage } from "./core/MarimoApp";
 import { type AppMode, initialModeAtom, viewStateAtom } from "./core/mode";
 import { cleanupAuthQueryParams } from "./core/network/auth";
@@ -341,6 +343,16 @@ function initStore(options: unknown) {
   if (notebook) {
     store.set(notebookAtom, notebook);
   }
+
+  // Restore widget state from session snapshot in static mode
+  if (isStaticNotebook()) {
+    const uiValues = parsedOptions.data.session?.ui_values;
+    if (uiValues) {
+      for (const [objectId, value] of Object.entries(uiValues)) {
+        UI_ELEMENT_REGISTRY.set(objectId as UIElementId, value);
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/marimo/_schemas/generated/session.yaml b/marimo/_schemas/generated/session.yaml
index 82fd56459de..5149b2a131a 100644
--- a/marimo/_schemas/generated/session.yaml
+++ b/marimo/_schemas/generated/session.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ components:
           type: array
         metadata:
           $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotebookSessionMetadata'
+        ui_values:
+          additionalProperties: {}
+          nullable: true
+          type: object
         version:
           type: string
       required:
diff --git a/marimo/_schemas/session.py b/marimo/_schemas/session.py
index 6c664e2add0..707a375c710 100644
--- a/marimo/_schemas/session.py
+++ b/marimo/_schemas/session.py
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ class NotebookSessionV1(BaseDict):
     metadata: NotebookSessionMetadata
     # The cells in the notebook
     cells: list[Cell]
+    # Widget/UI element values at time of export
+    ui_values: Optional[dict[str, Any]]
 
     # In future, we may want to add
     # - variables
diff --git a/marimo/_session/state/serialize.py b/marimo/_session/state/serialize.py
index 9f664df45f0..757d33020b1 100644
--- a/marimo/_session/state/serialize.py
+++ b/marimo/_session/state/serialize.py
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ def serialize_session_view(
             script_metadata_hash=script_metadata_hash,
         ),
         cells=cells,
+        ui_values=dict(view.ui_values),
     )
 
 
diff --git a/packages/openapi/src/session.ts b/packages/openapi/src/session.ts
index d08655759d4..1c9b8dcbfa7 100644
--- a/packages/openapi/src/session.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi/src/session.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ export interface components {
     NotebookSessionV1: {
       cells: components["schemas"]["Cell"][];
       metadata: components["schemas"]["NotebookSessionMetadata"];
+      ui_values?: {
+        [key: string]: unknown;
+      } | null;
       version: string;
     };
     StreamMediaOutput: {
diff --git a/tests/_session/state/snapshots/basic_session.json b/tests/_session/state/snapshots/basic_session.json
index 19d57390340..72652c69c37 100644
--- a/tests/_session/state/snapshots/basic_session.json
+++ b/tests/_session/state/snapshots/basic_session.json
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@
       ],
       "console": []
     }
-  ]
-}
+  ],
+  "ui_values": {}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/_session/state/snapshots/console_session.json b/tests/_session/state/snapshots/console_session.json
index 0e54cfa1793..945ef55c8ba 100644
--- a/tests/_session/state/snapshots/console_session.json
+++ b/tests/_session/state/snapshots/console_session.json
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@
         }
       ]
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "ui_values": {}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/_session/state/snapshots/error_session.json b/tests/_session/state/snapshots/error_session.json
index 2c05bfe7074..8c3b6144448 100644
--- a/tests/_session/state/snapshots/error_session.json
+++ b/tests/_session/state/snapshots/error_session.json
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@
       ],
       "console": []
     }
-  ]
-}
+  ],
+  "ui_values": {}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/_session/state/snapshots/mime_bundle_session.json b/tests/_session/state/snapshots/mime_bundle_session.json
index 7420a993ab2..287f28f072a 100644
--- a/tests/_session/state/snapshots/mime_bundle_session.json
+++ b/tests/_session/state/snapshots/mime_bundle_session.json
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
       ],
       "console": []
     }
-  ]
-}
+  ],
+  "ui_values": {}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/_session/state/snapshots/mixed_error_session.json b/tests/_session/state/snapshots/mixed_error_session.json
index 711dcc6edd2..610a67c2866 100644
--- a/tests/_session/state/snapshots/mixed_error_session.json
+++ b/tests/_session/state/snapshots/mixed_error_session.json
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@
       ],
       "console": []
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "ui_values": {}
 }
\ No newline at end of file