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Pedestal Rail

Durable materials, heirloom-quality build, and easy-to-change labels — artifacts and interpretation close enough to touch.

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Packing

Configure Your Pedestal Rail

Rails left, right, or both — priced by graphics width

Rails — 36–60″ wide each
in included
in + $725

paint or stain, any finish — included; two colors can make for an interesting look

Vitrine — included
in tall
Graphics — choose one
Your build $ USD + freight, quoted at checkout
Estimated Lead Time
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Custom-built · incl. +2 wk volume
Ships by
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Then 1–7 business days in transit
// Overview

Artifacts Meet Interpretation

Featuring durable materials, heirloom-quality build, and easy-to-change labels, the Matfield Framework pedestal rail brings artifacts and interpretation close enough to touch.

  • Birch hardwood legs
  • Baltic birch rail and pedestal body
  • Includes 1/4″ acrylic vitrine
  • Angled vitrine standard, rectangular available
  • Rails mount left, right, or both sides
Pedestal rail in museum setting
// Optional Add-On
The flipbook on a rail top — a designed photo-album spread in sheet protectors on three steel rings

The Flipbook

Three steel rings through the rail top hold ten letter-size pages, and visitors flip through them like a book. Fill the pages yourself, or have us design, print, and load them for $65 each.

Add it to either rail — or both.

+ $275 per rail · Ten pages · Archival sleeves

Case Study

Case Study

See it in action

Custom Sizes

Custom Sizes

Part of the Matfield Reader Rail System.

Custom Finishes

Custom Finishes

Comes with the Upland Signature Finish in your choice of colors.

Freight Shipping

Freight Shipping

Rail and pedestal ship boxed by freight; the vitrine travels padded in its own box. Exact quote at checkout.

Design Services

Design Services

Get professional graphics by an Upland designer.

// Common Questions

Frequently Asked

Does the reader rail include printed graphics, or just the rail?
You choose right on the product page:
  • Print your own — the finished wooden rail; produce the graphic panel yourself from the free 1:1 template, at any large-format print shop.
  • We print your artwork — we print your finished files on a 3mm aluminum composite (ACM) panel, ready to drop into the rail.
  • We design + print — you supply the text and images, our designers do the exhibit-scale layout, and we print it. The price includes the printing.
Is the rail stable on its own, or does it need to be mounted to something?
It's fully freestanding — the pedestal base keeps it stable on its own. You can anchor to the floor if extra stability is required.
Can I put rails on both sides of the pedestal?
Yes — the rail mounts on the left, the right, or both sides of the pedestal, and each rail is sized independently from 36" to 60". The base price includes one rail; a second adds $725 plus its width and graphics. The pedestal itself is one size: 14" wide × 11" deep × 36" tall.
How are the graphics prices calculated?
Printing covers every panel on your build — a width × 15" body panel for each rail, plus the 14" × 2.13" strip in front of the pedestal. At the standard setup (one 45" rail) that's about 4.9 sq ft: printing on ACM runs $235, and design-and-print runs $786 — rail interpretation is dense, close-reading work, so design takes about 1.5 hours per square foot at our $75/hr rate. Both prices update live as you change widths or add a second rail.
Is the vitrine included?
Yes — every pedestal rail includes a ¼" acrylic vitrine on the pedestal. Pick angled or rectangular in the configurator; the angled style is standard, and rectangular vitrines adjust $5.50 per inch above or below the standard 10" height.

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