Knight Foundation give $1.87m in grants to support digital projects at 12 museums

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation awarded $1.87m to 12 art museums today as part of an initiative to help institutions experiment with new ways of using digital tools to improve the visitor experience.
 
Among the proposals selected from more than 100 submissions is Lumin, a mobile app tour of the Detroit Institute of Arts that uses augmented reality and 3D animations to guide visitors through the museum. Andrea Montiel de Shuman, the DIAs digital experience designer, said the $15