The Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, which opened in 1997, presents an important starting point for major changes in world museum policies. The Guggenheim Bilbao Museum emphasizes the importance of museum architecture that expresses an independent formality as itself and impresses that the formative value of architecture contributes to strengthening the image of the museum as a cultural institution. In addition, the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum is an important example in that it has expanded the branding policy of major museums in the West. The museum branding policy refers to a strategy to strengthen brand values based on the public recognition of the museum and establish a branch in major cities around the world. Opened in November 2017 in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Louvre Abu Dhabi is an international branch of the Louvre, founded on the basis of the brand reputation of the Louvre and exemplifies a change in the strategy of the collection loan programs of the national museums of France. The French government has stipulated that the ownership of museum collections can not be transferred on the basis of the inalienable principle of collections of the national museums of France, and the value of public concern is the highest priority in the way of managing the collections. However, the collection loans and the establishment of an overseas branch of the national museums in France during the process of constructing the Louvre Abu Dhabi have been carried out in a way that was very different from the level of collection loans and interchange exhibitions held in accordance with international cultural relations. In this thesis, it will be closely discussed the characteristics, operational status and drawbacks of the museum branding policy, focusing on the cases of the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum and the Louvre Abu Dhabi.