As part of the 'Museum-University Collaborations - an Ideal Marriage?' session I will be reflecting on my experience as an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award Holder with Royal Holloway, University of London and the Science Museum. Between 2008 and 2012 my PhD focused on the journey of the 2LO transmitter, the BBC's first radio transmitter, and a Science Museum object. As a student placed in both university geography department and museum, this project presented specific benefits and challenges around access and identity. In this session I will be exploring these issues and how they ultimately shaped the final the PhD thesis.