Caring and maintaining your rugs dose not need take too much time if you want to get 60+ years use from them. 

Check out the link below for some great tips.

http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Rug

On site Rug care

Old fashion 'Elbow Grease' careful when submersion method, you can ruin a good rug.

Fringe cleaning is very important.

The larger the rug, the more of a challenge it can be.