diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/restclient.ts b/packages/sdk/src/restclient.ts
index 2e56a4a4..9782f198 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/restclient.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/restclient.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Encoding } from "@iov/encoding";
 import axios, { AxiosInstance } from "axios";
 
-import { AminoTx, BaseAccount, isAminoStdTx, StdTx } from "./types";
+import { AminoTx, BaseAccount, CodeInfo, CodeInfoWithId, ContractInfo, isAminoStdTx, StdTx } from "./types";
 
 const { fromUtf8 } = Encoding;
 
@@ -41,6 +41,34 @@ interface AuthAccountsResponse {
   };
 }
 
+// Currently all wasm query responses return json-encoded strings...
+// later deprecate this and use the specific types below
+interface WasmResponse {
+  readonly result: string;
+}
+
+interface ListCodeResponse {
+  // TODO: this is returning json.encoded string now, parse on client or server?
+  readonly result: readonly CodeInfoWithId[];
+}
+
+interface GetCodeResponse {
+  // TODO: this is returning json.encoded string now, parse on client or server?
+  readonly result: CodeInfo;
+}
+
+interface ListContractResponse {
+  // TODO: this is returning json.encoded string now, parse on client or server?
+  // contains list of all contract addresses
+  readonly result: readonly string[];
+}
+
+interface GetContractResponse {
+  // TODO: this is returning json.encoded string now, parse on client or server?
+  // contains list of all contract addresses
+  readonly result: ContractInfo;
+}
+
 export interface TxsResponse {
   readonly height: string;
   readonly txhash: string;
@@ -84,7 +112,8 @@ type RestClientResponse =
   | TxsResponse
   | SearchTxsResponse
   | PostTxsResponse
-  | EncodeTxResponse;
+  | EncodeTxResponse
+  | WasmResponse;
 
 type BroadcastMode = "block" | "sync" | "async";
 
@@ -198,4 +227,33 @@ export class RestClient {
     }
     return responseData as PostTxsResponse;
   }
+
+  // wasm rest queries are listed here: https://github.com/cosmwasm/wasmd/blob/master/x/wasm/client/rest/query.go#L19-L27
+  public async listCodeInfo(): Promise<readonly CodeInfoWithId[]> {
+    const path = `/wasm/code`;
+    const responseData = await this.get(path);
+    const codes = JSON.parse((responseData as WasmResponse).result);
+    return codes as CodeInfoWithId[];
+  }
+
+  public async getCodeInfo(id: number): Promise<CodeInfo> {
+    const path = `/wasm/code/${id}`;
+    const responseData = await this.get(path);
+    const code = JSON.parse((responseData as WasmResponse).result);
+    return code as CodeInfo;
+  }
+
+  public async listContractAddresses(): Promise<readonly string[]> {
+    const path = `/wasm/contract`;
+    const responseData = await this.get(path);
+    const codes = JSON.parse((responseData as WasmResponse).result);
+    return codes as string[];
+  }
+
+  public async getContractInfo(address: string): Promise<ContractInfo> {
+    const path = `/wasm/contract/${address}`;
+    const responseData = await this.get(path);
+    const code = JSON.parse((responseData as WasmResponse).result);
+    return code as ContractInfo;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/types.ts b/packages/sdk/src/types.ts
index 78f21208..62fc2b48 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/types.ts
@@ -162,3 +162,24 @@ export interface BaseAccount {
 
 /** The data we need from BaseAccount to create a nonce */
 export type NonceInfo = Pick<BaseAccount, "account_number" | "sequence">;
+
+export interface CodeInfo {
+  /** Bech32 account address */
+  readonly creator: string;
+  /** Hex-encoded sha256 hash of the code stored here */
+  readonly code_hash: string;
+  readonly source?: string;
+  readonly builder?: string;
+}
+
+export interface CodeInfoWithId extends CodeInfo {
+  readonly id: number;
+}
+
+export interface ContractInfo {
+  readonly code_id: number;
+  /** Bech32 account address */
+  readonly creator: string;
+  /** Argument passed on initialization of the contract */
+  readonly init_msg: object;
+}
diff --git a/packages/sdk/types/restclient.d.ts b/packages/sdk/types/restclient.d.ts
index e235d842..59934755 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/types/restclient.d.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/types/restclient.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { AminoTx, BaseAccount, StdTx } from "./types";
+import { AminoTx, BaseAccount, CodeInfo, CodeInfoWithId, ContractInfo, StdTx } from "./types";
 interface NodeInfo {
   readonly network: string;
 }
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ interface AuthAccountsResponse {
     readonly value: BaseAccount;
   };
 }
+interface WasmResponse {
+  readonly result: string;
+}
 export interface TxsResponse {
   readonly height: string;
   readonly txhash: string;
@@ -66,7 +69,8 @@ declare type RestClientResponse =
   | TxsResponse
   | SearchTxsResponse
   | PostTxsResponse
-  | EncodeTxResponse;
+  | EncodeTxResponse
+  | WasmResponse;
 declare type BroadcastMode = "block" | "sync" | "async";
 export declare class RestClient {
   private readonly client;
@@ -83,5 +87,9 @@ export declare class RestClient {
   txs(query: string): Promise<SearchTxsResponse>;
   txsById(id: string): Promise<TxsResponse>;
   postTx(tx: Uint8Array): Promise<PostTxsResponse>;
+  listCodeInfo(): Promise<readonly CodeInfoWithId[]>;
+  getCodeInfo(id: number): Promise<CodeInfo>;
+  listContractAddresses(): Promise<readonly string[]>;
+  getContractInfo(address: string): Promise<ContractInfo>;
 }
 export {};
diff --git a/packages/sdk/types/types.d.ts b/packages/sdk/types/types.d.ts
index 83f5ace6..fd4e8605 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/types/types.d.ts
@@ -120,4 +120,22 @@ export interface BaseAccount {
 }
 /** The data we need from BaseAccount to create a nonce */
 export declare type NonceInfo = Pick<BaseAccount, "account_number" | "sequence">;
+export interface CodeInfo {
+  /** Bech32 account address */
+  readonly creator: string;
+  /** Hex-encoded sha256 hash of the code stored here */
+  readonly code_hash: string;
+  readonly source?: string;
+  readonly builder?: string;
+}
+export interface CodeInfoWithId extends CodeInfo {
+  readonly id: number;
+}
+export interface ContractInfo {
+  readonly code_id: number;
+  /** Bech32 account address */
+  readonly creator: string;
+  /** Argument passed on initialization of the contract */
+  readonly init_msg: object;
+}
 export {};