This site provides information on how to start and manage a memory training clubs. It's associated with artofmemory.com, established in 2010 with over 50,000 registered members worldwide. A memory club club can be built around specific interests, regions, and schools.
About Memory Techniques
These memory techniques go back to ancient Greece and even hunter-gatherer cultures before that. You can use them to perform amazing feats, such as memorizing a shuffled deck of cards in under a minute, or thousands of random digits in just minutes.
Here's a video that explains how they work by the author of the book Moonwalking with Einstein:
Most of the techniques rely on the memory palace technique which was made famous by Sherlock's mind palace in the TV show.
Club Resources
Here are some resources:
- How to learn memory techniques — There's a free ebook here that can help you get started with your memory club.
- How to start a memory club — some ideas on how to create your memory club
- Memory League — an online memory competition platform that you can use at your meetups
- Memory challenges — ideas for club activities
- The memory palace technique — this is the foundation for many different memory techniques and it makes a good exercise to practice at your memory club
- Virtual memory palaces — if you run out of physical locations that you know well, you can create memory palaces from drawings, art, online games, and more.
- Meetup.com — this is a good way to find local members for your memory club
More information coming soon!
List of Memory Clubs
The list of memory clubs has been removed temporarily while we rebuild the directory feature. In the meantime, you can find like-minded people in the Art of Memory Forum.
