An open source, high-performance and flexible database system dedicated to art conservation-restoration and research has been developed by Celartem Technology in association with the Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musees de France (C2RMF) to handle information on works of art. This includes detailed information on the works themselves as well as information relating to digital images of the works, restoration reports and image recognition metadata. Other kinds of information can also be added as required. The system includes advanced multilingual searching and indexing capabilities as well as high-resolution image viewer and image content recognition modules. The data can be presented in XML or other formats. Separate databases can also be linked together to allow information to be exchanged and analyzed not only within museum laboratories, but between institutions also. -- SCMRE