WASHINGTON, D.C..- The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum announces significant funding that supports technology-driven education for young people. The Hirshhorn is the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant of $500,000 for the creation of a digital youth learning center. It has also received a technology grant of $50,000 from the computer and video game industry’s philanthropic arm, the Entertainment Software Association Foundation. In addition, the Hirshhorn is one of three Smithsonian museums named in a Pearson Foundation and Nokia gift awarded earlier this year to enhance education through the use of mobile and digital technologies at the Smithsonian. The combined funding will assist the Hirshhorn in building a physical and intellectual environment—a “21st-century classroom”—that blends technology and curriculum in innovative ways. The Museum has launched an initiative