diff --git a/parquet/src/arrow/mod.rs b/parquet/src/arrow/mod.rs
index afe7ed1ebec9..2dc2a5ed755a 100644
--- a/parquet/src/arrow/mod.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/arrow/mod.rs
@@ -236,3 +236,146 @@ pub fn parquet_column<'a>(
         .find(|x| parquet_schema.get_column_root_idx(*x) == root_idx)?;
     Some((parquet_idx, field))
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use crate::arrow::ArrowWriter;
+    use crate::file::metadata::{ParquetMetaData, ParquetMetaDataReader, ParquetMetaDataWriter};
+    use crate::file::properties::{EnabledStatistics, WriterProperties};
+    use arrow_array::{ArrayRef, Int32Array, RecordBatch};
+    use bytes::Bytes;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_metadata_read_write_roundtrip() {
+        let parquet_bytes = create_parquet_file();
+
+        // read the metadata from the file
+        let original_metadata = ParquetMetaDataReader::new()
+            .parse_and_finish(&parquet_bytes)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // read metadata back from the serialized bytes and ensure it is the same
+        let metadata_bytes = metadata_to_bytes(&original_metadata);
+        assert_ne!(
+            metadata_bytes.len(),
+            parquet_bytes.len(),
+            "metadata is subset of parquet"
+        );
+
+        let roundtrip_metadata = ParquetMetaDataReader::new()
+            .parse_and_finish(&metadata_bytes)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(original_metadata, roundtrip_metadata);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_metadata_read_write_roundtrip_page_index() {
+        let parquet_bytes = create_parquet_file();
+
+        // read the metadata from the file including the page index  structures
+        // (which are stored elsewhere in the footer)
+        let original_metadata = ParquetMetaDataReader::new()
+            .with_page_indexes(true)
+            .parse_and_finish(&parquet_bytes)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // read metadata back from the serialized bytes and ensure it is the same
+        let metadata_bytes = metadata_to_bytes(&original_metadata);
+        let roundtrip_metadata = ParquetMetaDataReader::new()
+            .with_page_indexes(true)
+            .parse_and_finish(&metadata_bytes)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // Need to normalize the metadata first to remove offsets in data
+        let original_metadata = normalize_locations(original_metadata);
+        let roundtrip_metadata = normalize_locations(roundtrip_metadata);
+        assert_eq!(
+            format!("{original_metadata:#?}"),
+            format!("{roundtrip_metadata:#?}")
+        );
+        assert_eq!(original_metadata, roundtrip_metadata);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    // Reproducer for https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/6464 (this should eventually pass)
+    #[should_panic(expected = "missing required field ColumnIndex.null_pages")]
+    fn test_metadata_read_write_partial_offset() {
+        let parquet_bytes = create_parquet_file();
+
+        // read the metadata from the file WITHOUT the page index structures
+        let original_metadata = ParquetMetaDataReader::new()
+            .parse_and_finish(&parquet_bytes)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // read metadata back from the serialized bytes requesting to read the offsets
+        let metadata_bytes = metadata_to_bytes(&original_metadata);
+        let roundtrip_metadata = ParquetMetaDataReader::new()
+            .with_page_indexes(true) // there are no page indexes in the metadata
+            .parse_and_finish(&metadata_bytes)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // Need to normalize the metadata first to remove offsets in data
+        let original_metadata = normalize_locations(original_metadata);
+        let roundtrip_metadata = normalize_locations(roundtrip_metadata);
+        assert_eq!(
+            format!("{original_metadata:#?}"),
+            format!("{roundtrip_metadata:#?}")
+        );
+        assert_eq!(original_metadata, roundtrip_metadata);
+    }
+
+    // TODO: test reading parquet bytes from serialized metadata
+
+    /// Write a parquet filed into an in memory buffer
+    fn create_parquet_file() -> Bytes {
+        let mut buf = vec![];
+        let data = vec![100, 200, 201, 300, 102, 33];
+        let array: ArrayRef = Arc::new(Int32Array::from(data));
+        let batch = RecordBatch::try_from_iter(vec![("id", array)]).unwrap();
+        let props = WriterProperties::builder()
+            .set_statistics_enabled(EnabledStatistics::Page)
+            .build();
+
+        let mut writer = ArrowWriter::try_new(&mut buf, batch.schema(), Some(props)).unwrap();
+        writer.write(&batch).unwrap();
+        writer.finish().unwrap();
+        drop(writer);
+
+        Bytes::from(buf)
+    }
+
+    /// Serializes `ParquetMetaData` into a memory buffer, using `ParquetMetadataWriter
+    fn metadata_to_bytes(metadata: &ParquetMetaData) -> Bytes {
+        let mut buf = vec![];
+        ParquetMetaDataWriter::new(&mut buf, metadata)
+            .finish()
+            .unwrap();
+        Bytes::from(buf)
+    }
+
+    /// Sets the page index offset locations in the metadata None
+    ///
+    /// This is because the offsets are used to find the relative location of the index
+    /// structures, and thus differ depending on how the structures are stored.
+    fn normalize_locations(metadata: ParquetMetaData) -> ParquetMetaData {
+        let mut metadata_builder = metadata.into_builder();
+        for rg in metadata_builder.take_row_groups() {
+            let mut rg_builder = rg.into_builder();
+            for col in rg_builder.take_columns() {
+                rg_builder = rg_builder.add_column_metadata(
+                    col.into_builder()
+                        .set_offset_index_offset(None)
+                        .set_index_page_offset(None)
+                        .set_column_index_offset(None)
+                        .build()
+                        .unwrap(),
+                );
+            }
+            let rg = rg_builder.build().unwrap();
+            metadata_builder = metadata_builder.add_row_group(rg);
+        }
+        metadata_builder.build()
+    }
+}