The collections of the International Helmet Museum are articulated around the omnipresent theme : the protection of the face and the head, that is to say the face and the skull. This theme represents the vital lead of the museum.

The helmets presented to the public will illustrate the evolution of the researches of Man to prevent, even limit, the wounds of the skull because many times they are fatal.

With the time, this will of protection has been extending to the face. During the First World War the wounds of the face took a dimension never unequalled at this time, as much in quality as in quantity. To prevent them, the glasses and facial screen appeared. In half a century they became widespread.

Since the protection of the face became essential. The prevention of the wounds of the face represents a constant concern for the manufacturers of equipments for the head. The population is more and more sensitive to it. The craze for the facial skincare or the plastic surgery even reached the men…