diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index df2372d2e4..fc2a65f183 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -168,7 +168,9 @@ $(DOCDIR):
 
 # Compile static Markdown files, images, and JavaScript scripts, into a documentation website.
 #
-# Then, use `refgraph` (part of `refscan`) to generate a diagram (i.e. a graph that depicts
+# Then, copy some additional schema-derived files into the documentation website file tree.
+#
+# Finally, use `refgraph` (part of `refscan`) to generate a diagram (i.e. a graph that depicts
 # inter-collection relationships) in the documentation website's file tree.
 gendoc: $(DOCDIR) prefixmaps
 	# Copy all documentation files to the documentation directory
@@ -181,6 +183,21 @@ gendoc: $(DOCDIR) prefixmaps
 	# Create directory for JavaScript files and copy them
 	mkdir -p $(DOCDIR)/javascripts
 	$(RUN) cp $(SRC)/scripts/*.js $(DOCDIR)/javascripts/
+
+	# Copy additional schema-derived files into the documentation directory.
+	#
+	# Note: We use `[-f path]` to check whether the path leads to a file, and we use ` || true` so that — either way —
+	#       the overall command still returns an exit code of `0` (i.e. "success") so GitHub Actions does not abort.
+	#       This `gendoc` target depends upon files generated via the `all` target, and I think this target is sometimes
+	#       being run after some of those things have been deleted. There is a make-based solution to this (i.e.
+	#       identifying inter-target dependence), but that is more of a tangent than I want to take on this
+	#       proof-of-concept branch focused on something else.
+	#
+	mkdir -p $(DOCDIR)/downloads
+	[ -f nmdc_schema/nmdc.schema.json ]                       && cp nmdc_schema/nmdc.schema.json $(DOCDIR)/downloads/nmdc.schema.json                                             || true
+	[ -f nmdc_schema/nmdc_materialized_patterns.schema.json ] && cp nmdc_schema/nmdc_materialized_patterns.schema.json $(DOCDIR)/downloads/nmdc_materialized_patterns.schema.json || true
+	[ -f nmdc_schema/nmdc_materialized_patterns.yaml ]        && cp nmdc_schema/nmdc_materialized_patterns.yaml $(DOCDIR)/downloads/nmdc_materialized_patterns.yaml               || true
+
 	# Use `refgraph` to generate an interactive diagram within the compiled documentation website file tree.
 	mkdir -p $(DOCDIR)/visualizations
 	$(RUN) refgraph --schema nmdc_schema/nmdc_materialized_patterns.yaml --subject collection --graph $(DOCDIR)/visualizations/collection-graph.html
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index bac6728d33..3411b8d8df 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ nav:
   - Schema element deprecation guide: schema_element_deprecation_guide.md
   - v10 vs v11 (Berkeley schema) retrospective: v10-vs-v11-retrospective.md
   - Visualizations: visualizations.md
+  - Downloads: downloads.md
 
 
 site_url: https://microbiomedata.github.io/nmdc-schema
diff --git a/src/docs/downloads.md b/src/docs/downloads.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..324aaea847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/docs/downloads.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Downloads
+
+1. [`nmdc.schema.json`](downloads/nmdc.schema.json)
+2. [`nmdc_materialized_patterns.schema.json`](downloads/nmdc_materialized_patterns.schema.json)
+3. [`nmdc_materialized_patterns.yaml`](downloads/nmdc_materialized_patterns.yaml)