diff --git a/pypots/data/saving/__init__.py b/pypots/data/saving/__init__.py
index a3406580..e0197d3f 100644
--- a/pypots/data/saving/__init__.py
+++ b/pypots/data/saving/__init__.py
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 # Created by Wenjie Du <wenjay.du@gmail.com>
 # License: BSD-3-Clause
 
-from .h5 import save_dict_into_h5
+from .h5 import save_dict_into_h5, load_dict_from_h5
 from .pickle import pickle_dump, pickle_load
 
 __all__ = [
     "save_dict_into_h5",
+    "load_dict_from_h5",
     "pickle_dump",
     "pickle_load",
 ]
diff --git a/pypots/data/saving/h5.py b/pypots/data/saving/h5.py
index 84fdc8eb..0b4ca735 100644
--- a/pypots/data/saving/h5.py
+++ b/pypots/data/saving/h5.py
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
 
 
 import os
+from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Optional
 
 import h5py
+import yaml
 
-from pypots.utils.file import extract_parent_dir, create_dir_if_not_exist
-from pypots.utils.logging import logger
+from ...utils.file import extract_parent_dir, create_dir_if_not_exist
+from ...utils.logging import logger
 
 
 def save_dict_into_h5(
@@ -84,3 +86,50 @@ def save_set(handle, name, data):
             save_set(hf, k, v)
 
     logger.info(f"Successfully saved the given data into {saving_path}.")
+
+
+def load_dict_from_h5(
+    file_path: str,
+) -> dict:
+    """Load the data from the given h5 file and return as a Python dictionary.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    file_path : str,
+        The path to the h5 file.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    data : dict,
+        The data loaded from the given h5 file.
+
+    """
+    assert isinstance(
+        file_path, str
+    ), f"`file_path` should be a string, but got {type(file_path)}."
+    assert os.path.exists(file_path), "`file_path` does not exist."
+
+    def load_set(handle, datadict):
+        for key, item in handle.items():
+            if isinstance(item, h5py.Group):
+                datadict[key] = {}
+                datadict[key] = load_set(item, datadict[key])
+            elif isinstance(item, h5py.Dataset):
+                value = item[()]
+                if "_type_" in item.attrs:
+                    if item.attrs["_type_"].astype(str) == "datetime":
+                        if hasattr(value, "__iter__"):
+                            value = [datetime.fromtimestamp(ts) for ts in value]
+                        else:
+                            value = datetime.fromtimestamp(value)
+                    elif item.attrs["_type_"].astype(str) == "yaml":
+                        value = yaml.safe_load(value.decode())
+                datadict[key] = value
+
+        return datadict
+
+    data = {}
+    with h5py.File(file_path, "r") as hf:
+        data = load_set(hf, data)
+
+    return data