Timelines are a common means of making historical processes and developments visually comprehensible. They are based on transforming the chronological sequence of historical events into a spatial juxtaposition. In the case of wall-filling, spatially extended timelines (as are often used in museums), in addition to the overview function, there is also the retranslation into the temporal experience of walking along or running through the timeline. Against the background of the 4E Cognition approach, this interplay between physical movement patterns and cognitive processing will be empirically analysed. In one study, visitors will explore and understand the timeline representation (a) from left to right (chronologically from earlier to later), (b) from right to left (anti-chronologically from later to earlier), (c) not along the timeline, but directly towards it (achronologically). To this end, the resulting mental representations of the depicted historical timeline should be systematically examined (questions on chronological order, simultaneity, individual elements, and duration of excerpts from the presentation).