Meeting Mohini: Teacher Guidance

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Some parts of ‘Meeting Mohini’ explore complex themes and topical issues such as grief and discrimination, so we've prepared this teacher guide to help you and your class.

Exhibition times: Saturday 6 December 2025 – Sunday 29 November 2026

‘Meeting Mohini’ is a free photography exhibition by Indian transgender artist and photojournalist, Zoya Thomas Lobo, displayed around the Horniman’s World Gallery balcony.

It features her photographs taken at the Hindu festival ‘Koovagam’ in Tamil Nadu, south India, capturing Zoya’s perspective, and the experiences of other attending transgender women. It also includes images of Zoya’s everyday life in Mumbai.

Use this guidance to plan your group’s visit to the exhibition.

Mature content warning

Some parts of ‘Meeting Mohini’ explore complex themes and topical issues such as grief and discrimination. Details about this content are included in this teacher guidance. If you plan to visit the exhibition with your class, we strongly recommend carrying out a pre-visit.

The exhibition is displayed around both longer sides of the balcony above the World Gallery. The balcony is also the access route for our ancient Egypt display, and objects featured on our ‘Prehistoric Life’, ‘Art’, ‘Textiles’ and ‘Plants’ learning resources. Groups can bypass the most mature content of the exhibition by following the route found in this teacher guidance.

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